The greatest joy of leadership is seeing those under your care grow-ing to become who God created them to be. - P87
The greatest tragedy ofleadership is that when a leader falls, many others will fall with them.
- P87
Therefore, we must always examine whether we are walking accordingto God‘s Word and rely on the power of the Holy Spirit to shape usinto leaders who honor Christ and draw people closer to Him. - P87
The author prays to the Lord, asking Him to remember His people and lookupon their disgrace. Foreigners have taken their land and freedom. - P89
The peo-ple are weary from trying to keep up with the demands of those who rule overthem. Women are violated, princes and elders are disrespected, and youngmen bear heavy loads of work. - P89
There is nothing new in these verses; the devastation of Judah has beeniterated throughout the book of Lamentations. - P90
But seeing the people‘shardships listed in such detail once again reminds the reader of the grimcircumstances the remnant now faces. - P90
We are also constantly remindedof another fact: all these things have come as a result of sin. But thepeople are not without hope. - P90
It is a clear evidence of grace when a mindawakens to the devastation of sin and in that moment appeals to theliving God: "Look! Remember us; see our disgrace." At the heart of thatprayer is a call for the living God to deliver from sin. - P90
Even when it feelslike all hope is lost, we can always appeal to God. - P90
These verses should sound discordant to us. From the difficulty of finding sustenance to the atrocities inflicted on the people, we know thisisjust not how things were supposed to be. - P90
However, the truth is, if someone were to write a lament about the ills of our society today, it wouldnot read too differently. - P90
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