Have you ever complained in your trial? Jeremiah did. Lamentations 3 was his written complaint. Verse 20 was his encapsulation. It says, “My soul still remembers and sinks within me.” Anytime we return in our mind to the trauma’s in our past, we relive the emotional pain.

Jeremiah did something that turned the tide of his complaint to praise and exultation. Verse 21 says, “This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope.” He took his thoughts from off himself and placed them on Who the Lord is at all times.

Verse 22-23 says, “Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.”

Asaph is another example for us. Psalm 77:3 says, “…I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed.” Verse 4 says, “…I am so troubled that I cannot speak.” Asaph reversed his negative spiraling down. We can also.