A Nation Forsaking God

 Lamentation 1:1
How lonely sits the city that was full of people! How like a widow has she become, she who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has become a slave.

The consequences of sin will bring down the tall and mighty. A great nation will fall if it fails to stay one Nation under God. America, once a Christian Nation, is now a Nation ruled by ungodly men and women who have forsaken God’s word, removing the Ten Commandments from the governing halls of our country. The abomination of evil prevails in our White House and sits in the seats of Congressman and the House of Representatives, making laws to legalize unions contrary to God’s commandment all in the name of tolerance and equity. A Nation made up of people who elect leaders that don’t regard His word have fallen from grace and are lost to the political correctness of our culture. A Nation once full of people who loved God and desire the approbation of God now are fighting for their freedoms to worship God by the dictates of their conscience. Like Sodom and Gomorrah, unless the people humble themselves and confess their sins, she who was once mighty will become a nation of slaves. Have mercy on us O Lord! 

Forsaken, but not Forgotten

Psalm 22:1,3 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me.. But thou art holy, O thou that inhabits the praises of Israel.

Forsaken, but not forgotten. I have never experiences multiple tragedies at one time. But I can imagine those who lose everything in life they love and cherish wondering where God is. “Why have you forsaken me?” are the spoken words cried out in anguish. The heart cries out for answers to know why. I don’t pretend to know all the reasons why God allows some people to go through such unfortunate events in life. I asked myself, “What would I do?” There is reason to be cast down and try to seek answers. It is within our human nature and emotional makeup to cry out and to question.  Like Job and David we seek to find the answers. In the end, it is not necessary that we know why, but it necessary that we know the one who is sovereign and know the beginning to the end. We rest in the glory of God that He knows what is best and trust that His will be done. This is not a cop out for all the suffering people endure, but a reality that we are finite and God is infinite and will do what is right.

The Lord Stood With Me

2 Tim 4:17 “Notwithstanding, the Lord stood with me and strengthened me”-

Loneliness and feeling forsaken by others can be a depressing emotion. People get busy with their lives and it is easy to forget that there are other people who may be going through some difficult times. There are times that we may be walking through the valley of the shadow of death, and everyone around us is clueless of the battles we are fighting, or the lonely walk we trod. Paul sat behind prison walls and there were few who took the time to go see him. He was human and no doubt he was confronted with temptations of self pity.  He did not cave in to those thoughts, he remembered his calling and mission that God gave him. He believed he was doing God’s will and trusted God to take him through. He was not alone, God stood by his side to comfort and strengthen him. Even in valley, He is there, He will never leave us alone, no never alone. A comfort to know that God is there, even when others have forsaken us.