I need hope

What this passage says

After describing affliction and bitterness, the writer says he calls something to mind and therefore has hope: the Lord's loving kindnesses do not cease, his mercies are new every morning, great is his faithfulness. He goes on to say the Lord is good to those who wait for him, and that he does not afflict willingly.

What describes your situation best?

Only if it helps. Nothing you choose is saved or sent anywhere.

• Nothing looks likely to change
• I have had a run of hard news
• I am afraid to hope and be disappointed
• I am hoping for someone else
• I do not know what I am hoping for

What would help you most right now?

• Give me Scripture to read
• Help me understand what Scripture says
• Guide me through prayer
• Give me a short study
• Create a 7-day Scripture journey

Read these next

• The same thing taught elsewhere

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  Hope is tied to the Scriptures and to the God of hope who fills with it.

• Old and New Testament together

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  A living hope grounded in the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

• How it is lived

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  Hope in God's word from the depths, while still waiting.

What this means for you

The turn in verse 21 is deliberate: this I recall to mind, therefore have I hope. The hope is not produced by the circumstances improving but by what is remembered about God.

One thing to do

Each morning this week, read verses 22 and 23 before you read anything else on your phone.

Pray this passage

Lord, this passage says your mercies are new every morning and your faithfulness is great. Nothing in my situation says that yet. I am asking you to make me one of those this passage speaks of, who waits for you and seeks you. Give me hope from what is true about you.

Or pray in your own words

• Say plainly what has drained your hope.
• Recall one thing God has actually done, as verse 21 does.
• Ask for mercies new tomorrow morning.

A 7 day Scripture path

Seven passages, one a day, read in your own translation. Kept in this browser only.

Where to go from here

• Read the whole chapter around Lamentations 3:19-33
• Put one of these verses to memory
• Save a verse or write a note in your library
• Choose another subject