Jeremiah at times felt like God’s punching bag, like a target God was shooting arrows into. He experienced the depths of suffering as expressed in his book, Lamentations. Much of his anguish occurred because of the way God’s people suffered in the destruction of Jerusalem. The pinnacle seemed to be when he was cast into a muddy pit and the waters flooded over his head.

He cried out to God and was rescued. He always found hope in God. He found new mercies every morning. He found God to be faithful to him even in his suffering.

God doesn’t always instantly remove us from our pain, but He’s always with us and gives us the strength to endure and come out victorious.

Through Christ Jesus, we are more than conquerors. [Phil. 4:13]

READ/HEAR: Lamentations 1-3