It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
Lamentations 3:22-24
I'm still reading the Bible from cover to cover. It's been challenging but as I have said before there are some gems that keep me going. I love these verses in Lamentations. "... his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is they faithfulness. The Lord is my portion..."
I looked up portion and there were several meanings. Some said it means inheritance, some say share, piece, part, section, and on and on.
I know if I put my trust in Him I can have the faith I need to face whatever comes. He is MY portion, for me... Eileen Federer Williams. Even when I'm am not worthy, I feel His love. I have been too complacent and a little sloppy in my spirituality. I'm on a daily quest to have an unshakable testimony and to fulfill my divine mission.
I did some research and found the following interesting and helpful:
I looked up portion and there were several meanings. Some said it means inheritance, some say share, piece, part, section, and on and on.
I know if I put my trust in Him I can have the faith I need to face whatever comes. He is MY portion, for me... Eileen Federer Williams. Even when I'm am not worthy, I feel His love. I have been too complacent and a little sloppy in my spirituality. I'm on a daily quest to have an unshakable testimony and to fulfill my divine mission.
I did some research and found the following interesting and helpful:
lamentationLAMENTA'TION, n. L. lamentatio.
It was common in ancient Judah to compose and sing lamentations about departed friends or relatives. Jeremiah did so for his beloved Jerusalem. The book of Lamentations reveals his sorrow over the destruction of the Holy City. The Hebrew title of the book is ’eikhah, or “How … !” from the book’s first verse, “How doth the city sit solitary …” (Lamentations 1:1; see also 2:1; 4:1). That title expresses a mixture of shock and despair toward the fate of Jerusalem. Nearly every prophetic book in the Old Testament contains laments, but Lamentations is the only book that consists entirely of this literary form.
1. Expression of sorrow; cries of grief; the act of bewailing.
It was common in ancient Judah to compose and sing lamentations about departed friends or relatives. Jeremiah did so for his beloved Jerusalem. The book of Lamentations reveals his sorrow over the destruction of the Holy City. The Hebrew title of the book is ’eikhah, or “How … !” from the book’s first verse, “How doth the city sit solitary …” (Lamentations 1:1; see also 2:1; 4:1). That title expresses a mixture of shock and despair toward the fate of Jerusalem. Nearly every prophetic book in the Old Testament contains laments, but Lamentations is the only book that consists entirely of this literary form.
Poetry
is used in many cultures to express poignant feeling, and the entire
book of Lamentations is written in carefully constructed poetry.
Chapters 1–2 and 4 form acrostics. Each
has twenty-two verses, each beginning with one of the twenty-two letters
of the Hebrew alphabet, in alphabetical order. Ellis T. Rasmussen wrote
that “part of the effect of alphabetic acrostic poetry is to convey the
impression that the poem covers the whole spectrum of the feelings with
which the poem is concerned” (A Latter-day Saint Commentary on the Old Testament [1993], 577–78).
Chapter
3 has sixty-six verses (three times twenty-two) and is also acrostic.
In that chapter the first three verses begin with the first letter of
the Hebrew alphabet, the next three with the second letter, and so on.
Chapter 5 has twenty-two verses but is not acrostic (see Bible Dictionary, “Lamentations, book of,” p. 722).
As I was reading these verses, I remembered this hymn we sang at the Nazarene church.
Of course it was inspired by these verses.
As I was reading these verses, I remembered this hymn we sang at the Nazarene church.
Of course it was inspired by these verses.
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Thomas Chisholm – 1925
Great Is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father!
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Though changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not
As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be.
Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon, and stars in their courses above,
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love.
Pardon for Sin and a peace that endureth,
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide,
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
Great Is Thy faithfulness,
Great Is Thy faithfulness,
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided
Great is Thy Faithfulness, Lord unto me.
