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A Welcoming Church Family Exploring Progressive Christian Theology

Lamentations

Lamentations, Saturday, February 28

February 28, 2015 by Pastor Nathan

20 Pay attention, Lord, for I am in trouble.

My stomach is churning;

my heart is pounding inside me

because I am so bitter.

In the streets the sword kills;

in the house it is like death.

21 People heard that I was groaning,

that I had no comforter.

All my enemies heard about my distress;

they were thrilled

that you had done this.

Bring the day you have announced

so they become like me!

22 Let all their evil come before you.

Then injure them like you’ve injured me

because of all my wrong acts;

my groans are many,

my heart is sick.

Posted in: Bible Study Tagged: Lamentations, Lent 2015, Worship Committee

Lamentations, Friday, February 27

February 27, 2015 by Pastor Nathan

17 Zion spreads out her hands;

she has no comforter.

The Lord commanded Jacob’s enemies to

surround him.

Jerusalem is just a piece of garbage to them.

18 The Lord is right

because I disobeyed his word.

Listen, all you people;

look at my suffering.

My young women and young men

have gone away as prisoners.

19 I called to my lovers, but they deceived me.

My priests and my elders

have perished in the city;

they were looking for food to survive.

Posted in: Bible Study Tagged: Lamentations, Lent 2015, Worship Committee

Lamentations, Thursday, February 26

February 26, 2015 by Pastor Nathan

14 My steps are being watched;

by his hand they are tripped up.

His yoke is on my neck;

he makes my strength fail.

My Lord has handed me over

to people I can’t resist.

15 My Lord has despised my mighty warriors.

He called a feast for me—

in order to crush my young men!

My Lord has stomped on the winepress

of the young woman Daughter Judah.

16 Because of all these things I’m crying.

My eyes, my own eyes pour water

because a comforter who might

encourage me is nowhere near.

My children are destroyed because the

enemy was so strong.

 

Posted in: Bible Study Tagged: Lamentations, Lent 2015, Worship Committee

Lamentations Wednesday, February 25

February 25, 2015 by Pastor Nathan

10 The enemy grabbed all her treasures.

She watched nations

enter her sanctuary—

nations that you, God, commanded:

They must not enter your assembly.

11 All her people are groaning, seeking bread.

They give up their most precious things

for food to survive.

“Lord, look and take notice: I am most

certainly despised.”

12 Is this nothing to all you who pass by?

Look around: Is there any suffering like

the suffering inflicted on me,

the grief that the Lord caused

on the day of his fierce anger?

13 From above he sent fire into my bones;

he trampled them.

He spread a net for my feet;

he forced me backward.

He left me devastated, constantly sick.

Posted in: Bible Study Tagged: Lamentations, Lent 2015, Worship Committee

Ankeny UCC Reads Lamentations

February 24, 2015 by Pastor Nathan

For Lent, the Worship Committee decided that we should take up a daily practice of reading Bible verses and offering space in worship to reflect upon the readings each week. We’ve chosen to read through Lamentations, after starting Lent with the different trips of Jesus into the wilderness.
Thus far this week:

Lamentations 1:

1 Oh, no!

She sits alone,

the city that was once full of people.

Once great among nations,

she has become like a widow.

Once a queen over provinces,

she has become a slave.

2 She weeps bitterly in the night,

her tears on her cheek. None of her lovers comfort her.

All her friends lied to her;

they have become her enemies.

3 Judah was exiled after suffering

and hard service.

She lives among the nations;

she finds no rest.

All who were chasing her caught her—right in the middle of her distress.

4 Zion’s roads are in mourning;

no one comes to the festivals.

All her gates are deserted.

Her priests are groaning,

her young women grieving. She is bitter.

 

Monday:

5 Her adversaries have become rulers;

her enemies relax.

Certainly the Lord caused her grief

because of her many wrong acts.

Her children have gone away,

captive before the enemy.

6 Daughter Zion lost all her glory.

Her officials are like deer

that can’t find pasture.

They have gone away, frail,

before the hunter.

 

Tuesday:

7 While suffering and homeless,

Jerusalem remembers all her treasures

from days long past.

When her people fell by the enemy’s

hand, there was no one to help her.

Enemies saw her, laughed at her defeat.

8 Jerusalem has sinned greatly;

therefore, she’s become a joke.

All who honored her now detest her,

for they’ve seen her naked.

Even she groans and turns away.

9 Her uncleanness shows on her clothing;

she didn’t consider

what would happen to her.

She’s gone down shockingly;

she has no comforter.

“Lord, look at my suffering—

the enemy has definitely triumphed!”

 

We’ll post the rest of the passages every day during Lent.

Posted in: Bible Study Tagged: Lamentations, Lent 2015, Worship Committee

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