Sorrow: Lamentations: Prayers and Poetry

                 Sorrow 

                Soul light is gone

                prophets cannot see

                vision to guide

                all removed.

                Sorrow engulfs

                tears, stand in

                despair as children

                faint from lack of

                nourishment.

                Spent with weeping

                she wanders over

                broken walls

                unprotected.

Psalm 37:7: "Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for Him; do not fret over those who prosper in their way, over those who carry out evil devices."

Reflections: Woe: Lamentations: Prayers and Poetry

Reflection Questions:

                1. How do you give access to unholy forces in your own life?

                2. Have you been able to hold onto your vision of the Lord in time of great sorrow? How?

                3. If you too found your vision blinded in grief, what restored you?

Share: How does either insight help you comfort or pray for another who is in distress?

Woe: Lamentations: Prayers and Poetry

Reading: Lamentations 2:7-12: "..... My eyes fail because of tears, My spirit is greatly troubled; My heart is poured out on the earth, Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, When little ones and infants faint In the streets of the city."

Woe

It is often so hard to see the depth of our sins, and false desires, and recognize how far we have walked away from the Lord.  

And yet if we cannot recognize the truth we cannot return.

In our country--in our world--we each need to remember His truth. To keep each of us from shouting blame at others.

And begin to kneel before the Lord one by one to seek His forgiveness, His mercy, His light, and His path.

Lord, please show us how to pause whenever we need to, so that we don't forget or stray or let weakness take hold of us--no matter in what situation we find ourselves.

Please hold all our tears and restoration in Your hands.

Your thoughts,