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Learn from the Yoke
'It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young' Lamentations 3:27
It's raining outside and you can't wait to curl up in your cushy, comfy armchair with your favourite book, Lamentations! All that lamenting in Lamentations gets you every time. It is HILARIOUS! Classic. Right laugh. Mmm - it's not, is it?
It would be fair to say that, for most people, poetry time in Lamentations is a far cry from a laugh a minute. Most of us give it as wide a berth as a Jedward autobiography. Yeah, it's not a fun, exciting read. But it is one of hope. The five poems in Lamentations are describing the destruction of Jerusalem and the people affected from that nation, living in the consequence of their rebellion.
Woven through these poems though is the thread of belief in God's mercy and faithfulness: 'The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases' (3:22). This is true whatever you've done!
The unknown author of poem number three, even through his affliction recognises the benefit of his 'yoke'. The yoke represents the oppression of his sin. He was glad he had learned the lesson from rebellion with many years left to live more wisely and with God. The poems take a real journey of painful loss and shame but end in restored hope and prayer for renewal.
written by Bob Gass
'It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young' Lamentations 3:27
It's raining outside and you can't wait to curl up in your cushy, comfy armchair with your favourite book, Lamentations! All that lamenting in Lamentations gets you every time. It is HILARIOUS! Classic. Right laugh. Mmm - it's not, is it?
It would be fair to say that, for most people, poetry time in Lamentations is a far cry from a laugh a minute. Most of us give it as wide a berth as a Jedward autobiography. Yeah, it's not a fun, exciting read. But it is one of hope. The five poems in Lamentations are describing the destruction of Jerusalem and the people affected from that nation, living in the consequence of their rebellion.
Woven through these poems though is the thread of belief in God's mercy and faithfulness: 'The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases' (3:22). This is true whatever you've done!
The unknown author of poem number three, even through his affliction recognises the benefit of his 'yoke'. The yoke represents the oppression of his sin. He was glad he had learned the lesson from rebellion with many years left to live more wisely and with God. The poems take a real journey of painful loss and shame but end in restored hope and prayer for renewal.
written by Bob Gass
