Another advantage to a fresh reading of the holy book of God …
Sometimes a familiar text sneaks up on us as we read, especially if we are not reading a Bible that is marked up as sometimes our underlining and highlighting “tell us” what the text says before we even read it.
This happened to me as I read through Lamentations two days ago.
As I made my way through the darkness of the lament, the agony and anguish of a people on the wrong side of God’s judgment, this very familiar text surprised me.
Not because it was unfamiliar but because of the dark background of despair that was painted in my mind as I approached God’s call to hope.
Lamentations 3.21-26
21 Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:
22 Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
24 I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.”
25 The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;
26 it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
