#soap # Lamentations 05 ## Title: Trust the Lord’s Faithfulness ## Scripture: (Lamentations 5:19-21) “But you, O Lord, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation. Why do you keep on forgetting us? Why do you forsake us so long? Bring us back to yourself, O Lord, so that we may return to you; renew our life as in days before,” (NET) ## Observation: The last chapter of the book of Lamentations is all about asking God to restore them. Jeremiah has processed through his grief to not only acknowledge where he is, he is ready to move forward. The hope is for God to now come and give him the strength to move forward. He asks the Lord to bring them back and renew their days as they were before. He is no longer only mourning what was, he is ready to get back to life. There comes a moment, when we have processed through our grief, that our fight begins to come back. We have to partner with God and take our next step. The goal of grief is to move through it. Don’t stop in the valley of grief. Regain your tenacity and move forward. The journey is uphill, but the Lord is with you. ## Application: Move forward. Slowly and deliberately. ## Prayer: Thank You, Jesus, for giving us the tenacity to move uphill.