Lamentations 2:11. "Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city."
WEEPING. His face is lined with grief; tears flow down his face. People he long has warned, now are being led to another place. They thought they could do what they wanted; it made no difference to them.
Until they found out God leaves to their own will those who will ignore Him.
Everywhere they turned, it seems like things were falling apart. Actually, things were worse than hundreds of years before at the start. Then God had left them alone to follow their own devices. It will be a long time yet before they will come to their senses.
A person can be in the midst of all this, and still be alone with the Lord. One watches all the goings on and one's mind is filled with dread, Because we know the end of the story and it will finish so bad. No wonder the tears flow down and we grieve because we are so sad.
I can easily understand the weakness Jeremiah felt inside. I watch the downward slide of our nation and know integrity died. There is a deliberate turning away from God and his infallible truth. People have made themselves their god, and strive for things of useless worth.
I may not walk around with tears flowing down but I know we have gone too far. Our nation's leadership and even the courts have dropped down the moral bar. Once we go so far there is no returning because we were gone too long. So now the nation is weak and rotting inside where once it was so strong.
I will keep on praying and preaching because I know God has great grace. But likely inward tears will often flow as the moral decline can trace. My hopes are not high for a turn-around, two new generations are so different, From where I came from, I am still not used to sinning so explicitly.
I am not giving up the call of the Lord, even those who listen are few. By God's grace in spite of weeping and tears, we will do what God called us to do. I am not a pessimist; I think I'm a realist, but I know God has a plan. So even though there may be weeping at times, I will seek to be a faithful man.
"Father God, as I watch and read of things that are changing in this nation, I believe we may not have our freedoms and privileges for too long. I do want to be ready for whatever task the Lord calls me to. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen."