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Jeremiah has been given the nickname “the weeping prophet”. It’s not the greatest title but it’s a poignant one because he was so committed to his calling and carried it with the utmost care and compassion. He sorrowed for his people, for their sins and their turning away from God. He was instructed by God to speak the words he will put in his mouth and he did it diligently with a broken and contrite heart. Jeremiah also wrote Lamentations, a book of poems that are a tribute to a heart that has bared its grief and brokenness to the only One True God.
As those who love God and live for Him it’s very important that we learn to lament. Lamenting is not complaining but is giving yourself permission to grieve openly and honestly before your Maker. It is allowing yourself to be undone in the presence of God so that you can be remade into all that he has desired for you.
The word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” “Alas, Sovereign LORD,” I said, “I do not know how to speak; I am too young.” But the LORD said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the LORD. Then the LORD reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “I have put my words in your mouth. See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.”
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
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Ecclesiastes 4:4 says there is a time to mourn and a time to dance. Part of mourning is looking at a situation and realizing there has been a failure. We should mourn for the events in our nation that God would find abhorrent, such as abortion and bring them before God to pray for mercy and changed hearts. In the Bible reading for today in the chronological Bible the Song of Moses pointed out to the people many things to mourn. I have things in my life that I have mourned and moved on from. (Matthew 5:4).
There are definitely things that have burdened me beyond what I could bear. Times I did not think I would be able to survive. Truth be told, I do believe that there are some depths that we don’t return from as a whole. And it’s ok to be honest about that. God knows, He knows my devastation. I had no other choice but to share it with Him. He was in the pit with me, when I was able, it was His hand that helped me back to my feet. ❤️🩹