This week in Crisis Counsels our focus is on Jeremiah’s book of Lamentations, which is essentially one long lament over one of the worst disasters in the history of Israel — the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem, which resulted in the destruction of the city and the deportation of many people into exile. Yet in the midst of his consideration of the whole crisis, the prophet Jeremiah turns his heart to God, and finds hope in the assurance of God’s faithfulness and mercy. His expression of trust continues in this verse:

I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for Him.
Lamentations 3:24

Jeremiah knows that the resolution of the present crisis will not be immediate – something that we know as well! Yet he is ready to wait for the unfolding of God’s goodness. We likewise are encouraged to rely upon God and to look with patience toward the unfolding of God’s purposes.

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About the Author

Dr. David A. Palmer has been the senior pastor at the United Methodist Church of Kent since 1995. He has a B.A. from Wittenberg University, a Master of Divinity from Duke University, and a Doctor of Ministry from Princeton Theological Seminary. A native of Wooster, Ohio, he has served three other churches in east Ohio before coming to Kent. He and his wife, Mavis, have three children.