Our world has been — and is going through such a crazy time. Who would’ve thought in January of 2020 we would soon undergo a worldwide pandemic? I don’t think I would have believed it. Moreover, the riots that have broken out in major cities and even our nation’s capital. Add to that, the political unrest we’re experiencing. None of us know what the “immediate future” (not the distant future) will look like. And that can churn up worry and fear in the pits so our stomachs.

So, I simply want to offer some hope and comfort as we face the uncertainties of how all of this will unravel.

In the Old Testament, things were about to collapse on God’s people Israel and Judah – there was no turning back. Nevertheless, in the midst of this their fear and uncertainty, God‘s prophet Jeremiah proclaimed the following:

Laminations3:19-26 I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. 20 I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.

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.

This assurance is something to hold onto. 

Blessings, Dan