(Lam 1:1-22)
PRAYING FOR FAMILY, FRIENDS, CHURCH & NATION:
Don’t wait to turn from sin back to God (Lam 1:1-22). #Don’tKnowWhatYouGotTillItsGone #TurnNowToGod
MORNING WATCH NOTES:
Lamentations chapter one begins by mourning the great losses of a once glorious and majestic nation. That nation, Israel, is now a shell of its former self (vv1-11). Then he expresses deep remorse, agony, devastation and despair for the sins of Israel. He feels deep conviction and sorrow for sin (vv12-22).
I think of the saying, “You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone.”* Here, I learn to not take the blessings and grace of God for granted. Lord, keep my heart, sensitive to the things (sins) which lead me far from you.
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* Canadian singer Joni Mitchell sang about this in the in 1970s.
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