Life seems unbearable for people sometimes; they loose all hope in mankind, they loose hope in themselves, they cannot see a ray of hope, all that they see is despair, disappointment, grief, loneliness, pain, betrayal. This is not an ordinary experience. God’s people always underwent such kind of things; but they never lost courage. Yes, they cried, they wept, they mourned. Jeremiah  in fact even says, Lord, you almost deceived me. Had I known that this would be the prophetic vocation, I would not have accepted. Such was the pain; thrown into the pit, getting mud, full of bruises, torture, shame, abandonment. It is in this situation, they say, this book of lamentation, the most beautiful book, came into existence. Lam 3:19-ff

Bring to my mind my misery and anguish. It’s wormwood and gall, my heart dwells on this continually, and sings within me. This is what I shall keep in mind, and so regain some hope. Surely Yahweh’s mercy is not over. His deeds of faithful love, not exhausted. Every morning they are renewed. Great is His faithfulness. Yahweh is all I have. I say to myself, so I shall put my hope in Him. Lord is all I have. 

Yes, What else you need? Your friends are gone, parents are gone, family is gone—all who you trusted, they left you. You still have one, the Most Powerful One, Your Creator, the Commander of Armies of Angels. He is by your side, He is with you, He is watching over you, protecting you, wherever you are. That’s more than enough. Hasn’t He said, “Even a mother might forget to nurse her baby, but I will not forget you. Even your father and mother may forsake you, not I.” That’s all we need. If we know that we have this God on our side, then, we can feel relaxed. Yahweh is good to those who trust Him, to all who search for him. It’s good to wait in silence, for Yahweh to save, but waiting is hard for today’s generation, where everything is touch or sense activated, but you have to wait. Waiting on God gives you strength, makes you mature, energizes you for spiritual battle. 

It’s good to wait in silence for Yahweh to save, it’s good for someone to bear the yoke from young age.

 If you have yoke from young age, it’s good. I remember when I was young, being trained in one of the schools, I used to ask one my spiritual director. Why am I getting yoke after yoke after yoke? He said, it is good. Sometime, you will understand the pain of other people better. All this is given so that you can understand and heal, and sympathize with them, and have compassion for those kind of people, who have no one to speak to, or understand. It’s for that that God is permitting you to go through this. Kindly be grateful. 

To sit in solitude and silence.

Solitude and silence, two things that are necessary for healing, especially for man. His life began in this two condition—solitude and silence, that is available in the mother’s womb, the loving cave; that’s why man needs a cave to hide, when he is broken. He doesn’t need friends, he needs a place of silence, he needs a place of solitude. Spend all the money and go to that place, sit in silence, turn off all contact with the world, no newspaper, no news, no cell phone, just sit in silence, regain.

 

When it weighs heavy, to lay one’s head in the dust, 

Maybe there is hope, to offer one’s cheeks to the strike, 

to have one’s fill of disgrace.

There are any number of strikers to slub you. Don’t be frightened of them; show them the other cheek, as Jesus said, and the striker would be shamed, will be threatened, will run for life.

 

For the Lord will not reject, anyone forever,

If He brings grief, He will have pity;

It’s like a wave, up and down, low and tide, morning and evening. If there is grief, wait for grate mercy, great joy, jubilation, celebration, banquet.

 

Out of the fullness of His faithful love,

For it is not for His own pleasure, that He torments and grieves the human race;

If God allows pain, it’s for a purpose. All pain has a purpose. If you have more pain, cry, no problem. Jesus was hanging on the cross, and he was crying: Why have you abandoned me, Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani? he said. All men of God cried, never be ashamed to cry, pour out your tears. When your heart is broken, tears well up form your eyes, uncontrollable. Nobody to pat your shoulder, or to extend tissue, or say a good word, to this kind of people, God is so near.

 

Every morning, great is Your faithfulness. 

There are new morning.

 

Abba, Father, Thank You for giving us one more new morning. Let Your Spirit give us strength, to receive the hope and joy and peace, that is awaiting for us, In Jesus’ Most Powerful Name, Amen.

புலம்பல் 3:23 ஒவ்வொரு காலையிலும் அவர் அதை புதிய வழிகளில் காண்பிக்கிறார்!

    கர்த்தாவே, உமது உண்மையும், பற்றுதலும் மிகப் பெரியது!