“Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” 

 – Lamentations 3:21-23 NIV  

 “My eyes fail from weeping,
    I am in torment within;
my heart is poured out on the ground
    because my people are destroyed,
because children and infants faint
    in the streets of the city.” – Lamentations 2:11 NIV

In Lamentations 2, the prophet Jeremiah focuses on all of the problems and hardships, that Israel is going through. Specifically, in Lamentations 2:11, he writes that he has been crying so long, that his eyes are failing him. Sometimes, when we look around us, our lives seem like they are filled with problems. But, we can’t just focus on our problems or we will be miserable. We need to keep our focus on God’s goodness in our lives. We might have troubles coming in every direction, but if we look at our lives more closely, they are filled with little blessings. Maybe we take these little blessing for granted, because we are so focused on our problems? But, with God, our problems will melt away. Why should we be focusing all of our energies on these problems, when our God is so much bigger than our problems?

Dear Lord Jesus, please help us to keep our eyes focused on You and not our problems. Amen.