May.02.01: Light For The Day - "I Hope in Him" -- Lamentations 3:24 (RSV) "The LORD is my portion," says my soul,  "therefore I will hope in him." ------------------- What can threaten God’s existence?  Who can oppose His purpose?  What can weaken His power?  What can dim the clearness of His eye?  What can diminish the tenderness of His heart?  What can distract the wisdom of His judgment?  “You are the same, and Your years will have no end”  (Ps. 102:27). Remember, child of God, you are a sheep  that can never lose its Shepherd, a child that can never  lose its Father. “I will never leave you nor forsake you”  (Heb. 13:5), said Jesus as He revealed the Eternal  Father’s heart.  In dire straits, we still have a Father in heaven. A widow  had been inconsolable at the loss of her husband, and  her little child asked, “Mother, is God dead?” That  question rebuked the woman and reminded her that she  had a Guardian and Friend. “Your Maker is your husband,  the Lord of hosts is His name” (Is. 54:5). Listen, child of God, you can lose your possessions,  but you cannot lose your God. Like Jonah, you can  see your plant wither (Jon. 4:7), but your God remains.  You may lose your land, but not your God. You may  lose your savings, but not your Savior. Even if it came  to the worst and you were left for a while as one forsaken  by God, you still would not lose Him. Like the Lord  Jesus on the cross, you may still call Him, “My God”  (Matt. 27:46). “ ‘The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul,  ‘therefore I hope in Him’ ” (Lam. 3:24).  The Lord is a portion from which we can never be  alienated. He lives! He reigns! He will be our guide  even unto death. -- C.H.Spurgeon -------------------- -- Psalms 43:5 (RSV) "Why are you cast down, O my soul,  and why are you disquieted within me?  Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,  my help and my God."