Lamentations – The Arnold Journey

What a Way to End

Lamentations 5:21-22 Restore us to yourself, Lord, that we may return; renew our days as of old 22 unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure. We like happy endings, stories where the tensions resolve, legends are born, heroes win the fight. We don’t like being left hanging, unless ofContinue reading “What a Way to End”

Wait for Him

Lamentations 3:22-24 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.” Have you noticed how difficult it is to stay in ‘lockdown’ mode?Continue reading “Wait for Him”

Structure

Lamentations 1:17 Zion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The Lord has decreed for Jacob that his neighbors become his foes; Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them. So often we forget the structure of our world. So much of the structure that supports our world is hiddenContinue reading “Structure”