Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! Oh that I had in the desert a travelers' lodging place, that I might leave my people and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, a company of treacherous men (Jeremiah 9:1-2).

Jeremiah, weeping over the condition of Israel, wanted to find a place in the desert and hide from all the sin and evil that had overtaken the world and the people of God. I often feel the same way about the world we inhabit today.

Tears of Sorrow is a devotion on Christian living and witness, by Peggy Wunschel, originally published by LWML.

This devotion is also available for as a free downloadable PDF at www.lwml.org/posts/devotion/tears-of-sorrow.