Streams of Tears Flow

Scripture:
“All our enemies have opened their mouths
    wide against us.
We have suffered terror and pitfalls,
    ruin and destruction.”
Streams of tears flow from my eyes
    because my people are destroyed.

My eyes will flow unceasingly,
    without relief,
until the Lord looks down
    from heaven and sees.
What I see brings grief to my soul
    because of all the women of my city.

Lamentations 3:46-51

Observation: The writer grieves for what has happened, that enemies have prevailed, and God's people now suffer. The writer cries, and is especially grieved by the impact to the women.

Application: I am still crying daily over the "victory" of my enemies - or the enemy - over my situation, and what makes me the most grieved is the impact to my wife and daughter. To watch your wife cry in anguish over the precariousness of an unknown future ... to hear your daughter worry about the destruction of our family life ... no man should ever have to endure these things. It is too much.

Doors open and close, and it is all fearful right now. My heart is torn apart and hurts continually. I trust, yet ... I am afraid. And in all of this, my greatest pain is in the eyes and faces of the women in my life, who are even greater victims than I. All I can do is try to find the path forward, and cry.

Prayer: Lord, I beg you, please arrive soon. My family needs you. They need stability as much as survival. Please. Please, Lord. Amen, and amen.