We made a searching fearless moral inventory of ourselves. The book of Lamentations is a classic example of a moral inventory. Some people have called it a funeral dirge over the desolation of Jerusalem. The last chapter of Jeremiah should be read as an introduction to Lamentations. It details the destruction of the city of Jerusalem.
Destruction is the final step in a downward process.
A process in which warning after warning after warning is ignored. Like Jerusalem of old, we refuse to take inventory until the loss puts us out of business. An inventory shows us what is. The story of Jerusalem could be the story of your life. It could be the story of the merchant who sits down with his accountant and reviews the reality of the financial statement.