Tisha b’ Av-Call to reflection
On this day when Israel mourns the destruction of the Temple, let us remember that God is ready and willing to forgive and to bless. He is waiting for Israel to repent and return to Him.
August 13, 2023
On this day when Israel mourns the destruction of the Temple, let us remember that God is ready and willing to forgive and to bless. He is waiting for Israel to repent and return to Him.
The God of Israel so loves Israel; He calls her the “apple of His eye.” Try to imagine how His heart must break to watch His Beloved suffer. Like a loving parent who must discipline a child, He knows what is best despite His personal pain.
As these sad days of Tisha b’Av come to an end, we rejoice in God’s absolute promise to gather the Jewish and return them to Jerusalem to worship them in the beauty of holiness.
God designed His calendar to give Israel at least one day every week to rest and reflect on their lives in relationship to God. Today like then we are so busy we rarely take the time God has given us. As a result, we like Israel find ourselves moving farther and farther way from Him.
Only faith in God’s faithfulness is realistic and can bring hope. God is faithful to Himself, to His character and to His word. Hoping, believing in anything else or anyone else is futile.
Often American educators talk about “the 3 R’s” meaning: reading, writing and arithmetic.”
Consider the “3 R’s” of relationship with God: rest, reflect and repent. If we observe these three “R’s” the result will be: restoration and rejoicing!
-Cry for compassion and mercy Lamentations 5:1-3a Remember, O Lord, what has come upon us; Look, and behold our reproach! Our inheritance has been turned
The Nine Days are considered an inauspicious time, fraught with danger even in our day and age
As long as people refuse to hear the truth, there will be false prophets. God’s truth is usually inconvenient and often makes us uncomfortable requiring that we change our lives.
The ultimate devastation was the destruction and plunder of the Temple.
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