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August 3
Wednesday


HOPE TO
CONTINUE ON

READ:
Lamentations 3:19-33
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Through the LORD's
mercies we are not
consumed, because
His compassions fail
not, They are new
every morning.
__Lamentations
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The solar-powered airplane Solar Impulse can fly day and night without fuel. Inventors Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borshberg hope to fly it around the world in 2015. While the plane flies all day by solar power, it gathers enough energy to be able to fly all night. When the sun rises, Piccard says, "It brings the hope again that you can continue."

The idea of sunrise bringing us hope makes me think of Lamentations 3 from our Bible reading for today: "This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope. Through the LORD's mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning" (vv.21-23). Even when God's people were in the depths of despair while the city of Jerusalem was being invaded by the Babylonians, the prophet Jeremiah said they had reason to hope__they still had the
Lord's mercies and Compassions..

Sometimes our struggles seem worse at night, but when sunrise comes it brings hope again that we can continue. "Weeping may endure for a night," the psalmist says, "but joy comes in the morning" (Ps. 30:5).

Thank You, Lord, for the hope You send with each sunrise. Your mercies and compassions are new every morning!
__Anne Cetas

````````````````````````````New mercies every morning,```````````````````````
```````````````````````````````Grace for every day,``````````````````````````
`````````````````````````````New hope for every trial,````````````````````````
```````````````````````And courage all the way. __McVeigh````````````````````
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Each new day gives us new reasons to praise the Lord.

******************************************Today's Bible Reading __ Lamentations 3:19-33*********************************

19 Remember my affliction
and roaming, the
wormwood and the gall.

20 My soul still remembers
and sinks within me. 21 This
I recall to my mind,
therefore I have hope.

22 Through the LORD's
mercies we are not
consumed, because His
compassions fail not.

23 They are new every
morning; great is Your
faithfulness. 24 "The LORD
is my portion," says my
soul, "Therefore I hope in
Him!"

25 The LORD is good to
those who wait for Him, to
the soul who seeks Him.

26 It is good that one should
hope and wait quietly for
the salvation of the LORD.

27 It is good for a man to
bear the yoke in his youth.

28 Let him sit alone and
keep silent, because God
has laid it on him; 29 let him
put his mouth in the dust__
there may yet be hope.

30 Let him give his cheek to
the one who strikes him,
and be full of reproach.

31 For the Lord will not
cast off forever. 32 Though
He causes grief, yet He will
show compassion according
to the multitude of His
mercies. 33 For He does not
afflict willingly, nor grieve
the children of men.

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Fro 2 years the Babylonians lay siege to Jerusalem. Conditions within
the besieged city were desperate and deplorable. Starvation during
the siege even led to cannibalism (2 Kings 25:1-4; Lam.2:20; 4:10).
Sadly, Jeremiah witnessed the destruction of the city and temple (Jer.
52:12-27). In five emotionally chagred dirges, or funeral laments
(one for each chapter of Lamentations), he described the sufferings
of the people and the reasons for their suffering. But he also wrote
of hope in the midst of despair (Lam 3:21-31) and of restoration
that would come (5:19-22).