SCRIPTURE: Lamentations 3:19-24 NIV I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.”
THOUGHT: I’ve just come off of about seven days of sleep. You would think I’d feel well-rested, yet I find myself restless. Even COVID and it’s cycling headaches, body aches, and stomach aches didn’t make me forget the heartache. In fact, it might be worse with fresh knowledge of my own frailty. All my 10 days of free time, quarantined away from “normal” activities didn’t insulate me against worry; all my time in prayer didn’t seem to leave me better or more dignified or more full of faith. I need a Savior today as much as I ever have. More than ever, I wonder what will quell this ache inside.
Do you have that ache in the center of your chest sometimes too – in the middle of the night when sleep won’t come, in the middle of the day when work and determination have lost their luster? Then, with me, take some time for lament, and then some time to remember, “because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.”
PRAYER: You are my portion, oh Lord, therefore I will wait for you. Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. (Ps. 73:25-26 NIV)
Amy released a full-length book in early 2021, Walking When You’d Rather Fly: Meditations on Faith After the Fall. Maybe you’d like to check it out here.
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