LOVE WE CAN TRUST

LOVE WE CAN TRUST

READ:
Lamentations 3:13-26

Through the LORD'S mercies, we
are not consumed, because His
compassions fail not.
-Lamentations 3:22

Perhaps the most painful statement a person can hear is, "I don't love you anymore."  Those words end relationships, break hearts, and shatter dreams.  Often, people who have been betrayed guard themselves against future pain by deciding not to trust anyone's love again.  That settled conviction may even include the love of God.

The remarkable thing about God's love for us is His promise that it will never end.  The prophet Jeremiah experienced devastating circumstances that left him emotionally depleted (Lamentations 3:13-20).  His own people rejected his repeated calls to respond to God's love and follow Him.  At a low point, Jeremiah said, "My strength and my hope have perished from the LORD" (v.18).

Yet, in his darkest hour Jeremiah considered God's unfailing love and wrote, "Through the LORD'S mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not.  They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.  'The LORD is my portion,' say my soul, 'therefore I hope in Him!'" (Lamentation 3:22-24).  A person may vow to love us forever yet fail to keep that promise, but God's love remains steadfast and sure.  "He is the One who goes with you.  He will not leave you nor forsake you" (Deuteronomy 31:6).  That's a love we can trust. -David McCasland

O Love that wilt not let me go
I rest my weary soul in Thee'
I give Thee back the life I owe,
That in Thine ocean depths its flow
May richer, fuller be. -Matheson
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God's love never fails.

INSIGHT
Jeremiah wrote as an eyewitness to the destruction and devastation of war.  The Babylonians laid siege to Jerusalem, destroyed the temple, and deported the Jews into exile in Babylon.  Lamentations 3:19-24 is a key passage of this book.  Just as God is faithful in discipline, He is equally faithful in compassion (v.22).  God's unfailing mercy and love give us hope3 (vv. 21, 24-26).

Have a blessed night.
God Our Creator's Love Always
Unity & Peace