Saturday, March 28: Jannie Best

Psalm 137:1. By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered you, O Zion.”

The captives sought the river side,

            water flowed in sympathy with their tears.

Sitting down to rest and to find solace in their sorrow,

            tears mingled with their memories.

The ground upon which they sat was foreign soil,

            made them weep even more.

For they remembered bitter banishment from Jerusalem,

            the palace of their king and the temple of their God.

Feelings of helplessness under a cruel enemy,

            unbearable for all.

In time, the memory of their oppression,

            dried their tears and calmed their anger.

Helping them to remember,

            Jerusalem was forever written on their hearts.                      

—Jannie Best