1Peter 1: 6-9

1 Peter 1: 6-9

6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now 

for a little while you may have had to suffer 

grief in all kinds of trials. 

7 These have come so that the proven 

genuineness of your faith—of greater worth 

than gold, which perishes even though 

refined by fire—may result in praise, glory 

and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 

8 Though you have not seen him, you love 

him; and even though you do not see him 

now, you believe in him and are filled with 

an inexpressible and glorious joy,

9 for you are receiving the end result of your 

faith, the salvation of your souls.

Lamentations 3:19-26

Lamentations 3:19-26

19 I remember my affliction and my wandering,
the bitterness and the gall.
20 I well remember them,
 and my soul is downcast within me.
21 Yet this I call to mind
 and therefore I have  

 hope:

22 Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,  

for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.

24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him.”

25 The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
 to the one who seeks him;
26 it is good to wait quietly
 for the salvation of the  

 Lord.