Lamentations 1:2  “She weeps bitterly in the night, with tears on her cheeks; among all her lovers she has none to comfort her; all her friends have dealt treacherously with her; they have become her enemies.”

We once were close, Lord

Our hearts were knit together

We faced the world side by side; we tasted the joys and sorrows of life

The beauty of friendship became our highest good; the joy of affinity, our highest truth

But in between every human relationship, there must be actual spiritual truth. There must be a true Mediator

And we exchanged that truth for a lie

The lie that we could worship and serve the creature rather than the Creator

Who is blessed forever! Amen

And the cost of that lie is staggering

The righteous Law has exacted losses as we have deviated from Your will

You have toppled the idols of faithless friendship and false intimacy in our hearts

And we are left weeping bitterly in the night

Yet we are not left alone. For there is a Friend who sticks closer than a brother

And He has prepared a table for me in the midst of my enemies

He anoints my head with oil; my cup overflows

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life

And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Amen