Micah 7:1a What misery is mine!
I looked up commentary on this chapter, so I know that Micah, a prophet, is confessing Israel’s sins in this chapter. However, when I first read these verses, what immediately came to my mind is those times when I am in such a bad mood that I can’t even stand myself.
Micah 7:1b I am like one who gathers summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster of grapes to eat, none of the early figs that I crave.
When everything feels wrong and all I can do is gripe and complain, and I don’t want to be around people and I really don’t even want to be around myself because all I can seem to do is complain, that is a sincerely terrible place to be, but what comes to mind as I read this is that even in that stinky headspace, God still loves me eternally, Jesus still loves me unconditionally, and I am just so grateful.
Micah 7:2a The faithful have been swept from the land; not one upright person remains.
Precious Savior, I know that I can sometimes get myself into a terrible snit, thinking that life is just so awful when I really know that it’s just a bad space, a bad day, a bad chapter; it’s not a bad life. Thank You for loving me even when I have trouble loving myself. Help me to extend to myself and others grace, mercy, and compassion. Always. Amen.
Micah 7:2b Everyone lies in wait to shed blood; they hunt each other with nets.
Have a blessed day.