Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Lamentations 1:17-21
by: Jennifer Lewis Berg.
Israel was lamenting her suffering. She was reaping the consequences of her actions that had so disturbed and frustrated God. Now His people were perishing. God had commanded that Israel’s enemies surround her, attack her, and bring her great misery. And God’s people knew that they were getting what they deserved. But they still cried for relief from their distress. In their complete alienation, Israel wondered who would come to their aid and comfort. If we got what we deserved, God would turn His back on us forever. It is our great blessing that God has sent His Comforter to us and that, in our alienation, we are not alone.