Is Faith Gone?

Lamentations 2:18

“The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord.  You walls of Daughter Zion, let your tears flow like a river day and night; give yourself no relief, your eyes no rest.”

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Such utter loss they must of felt; His disciples, His Mother, His followers. Their teacher was laying in a stone cold tomb.  Death had taken Him from them.

Their hope seems to have been dashed on the rocks of Golgotha.  They asked themselves, “Wasn’t He supposed to deliver us from our oppressors?  Wasn’t He Messiah, the Christ?”  Their loss of a friend, brother, son, rabbi and leader was compounded by the apparent lack of prophecy being fulfilled.

Should they wait?  Should they run in fear, lest they receive the same fate as Him?

This day rings hollow.  Emptiness abounds.  The laughing echoes of the evil one bounce off walls all around them.

Is faith gone?

God,

It is easy for us to lose faith in You as the world oppresses our hope, pulls us into doubt and lets chaos rule.

Help us to remain steadfast in our faith in You, even when all hope seems lost.  For you, Lord God, are greater than all things in the world.  You never abandon us.

We pray to you, Heavenly Father,

Amen.