Call to Mind

Lamentations 3:21-26 reads

"Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:   Because of the Lord ’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.   They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.   I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.”   The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;   it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord ."

This is a precious passage that reminds me of the ministry of myself to my soul. It is of crucial importance. The passage is filled with "pessimism" not simply because it's  called Lamentations but it captures what the reality of life in its delicate intricacies especially in the brokenness and fallenness of our world. There is only the Hope in God that rescues us from the mire pit of darkness and despair whatever shape and form it comes in.

The mind calls to mind what the Lord promised and finds in itself the hope that delivers. It is a beautiful and simple thing, a grace of daily deliverance for our soul.

It is His grace and mercy for us that empowers out mind to call to mind His Hope and Goodness everlasting.
Give thanks for that.