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restore

On 20 November, 2009 · Leave a Comment

There is beauty in restoration.

When things that have gone wrong are set right. When things that have fallen apart put back together. When things that are lost are found.

And restoration is the heartbeat of the prayer that closes the book of laments.

It is a passionate cry for God to restore his people. [...]

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light and shadows

On 19 November, 2009 · Leave a Comment

David Crowder said it: life is full of light and shadows.

And the fourth chapter of lamentations we watch both the light and shadows of suffering wash over the people of Israel.

How the gold has grown dim, how the pure gold is despised.

- Lamentations 4:1

It used to shine [...]

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the whole of it all

On 18 November, 2009 · Leave a Comment

“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,

“therefore I will hope in him.”

Following the darkness of the second lament, this verse – right in the middle of the book – is powerful. Hopeful. Enlightening.

There’s something cleansing about suffering. It burns away everything that’s superfluous. And sometimes it’s when everything else is gone [...]

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