Read: Lamentations 3:37-51 Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the LORD! (v. 40) The apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthian believers, “Godly sorrow brings repentance that
Read: Lamentations 3:19-33 This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope. (v. 21) For 40 years, Jeremiah had been a faithful prophet of God—and it hadn’t been easy.
Read: Lamentations 3:1-18 Surely against me he turns his hand again and again the whole day long. (v. 3) Jeremiah was the man who had seen affliction. He was called
Read: 1 Samuel 30:11-25 David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives. (v. 18) Focusing on loss and grief can be like staring into
Read: 1 Samuel 30:1-10 David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept until they had no more strength to weep. (v. 4) In January 2025,
Read: 1 Samuel 1:21–2:11 For this child I prayed, and the LORD has granted me my petition that I made to him. (1:27) Last fall I contracted a terrible case
Read: 1 Samuel 1:1-20 She was deeply distressed and prayed to the LORD and wept bitterly. (v. 10) For a woman of the ancient world, Hannah seemed to be blessed
Read: Genesis 16 [Hagar] gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me.” (v. 13 NIV) She was a woman, she was
Read: Psalm 34:11-22 The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. (v. 18 NIV) Sometimes it’s just wretched to be a human being.
