Jeremiah 8:8-9:26
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Jeremiah chapter 9 verses 23 & 24 definitely stood out to me today: “This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man gloat in his wisdom, or the mighty man in his might, or the rich man in his riches. Let them boast in this alone: that they truly know me and understand that I am the LORD who is just and righteous, whose love is unfailing, and that I delight in these things. I, the LORD, have spoken!” Think God is serious when he follows something he says with “I, the LORD, have spoken!”? Do we ever gloat in our wisdom? Gloat in our might? Gloat in our riches? Instead, have you ever boasted that you truly know God and understand that God is just and righteous? Do you believe that God’s love is unfailing?
I am enjoying watching for the interplay between when God is speaking and when Jeremiah is speaking in our readings. Basically you typically just have to watch for quotation marks at the beginning of a paragraph to see that God is speaking. If there are not quotation marks, it is likely Jeremiah speaking. At the end of chapter 8 and in the beginning of chapter 9 we read these words of Jeremiah’s as he weeps for Jerusalem – and we hear from the people and God briefly too. It is a poetic interplay of dialogue between all three in chapter 8 verse 18 through chapter 9 verse 2 – starting with words from Jeremiah: “My grief is beyond healing; my heart is broken. Listen to the weeping of my people; it can be heard all across the land. “Has the LORD abandoned Jerusalem?” the people ask. “Is her King no longer there?” “Oh, why have they angered me with their carved idols and worthless gods?” asks the LORD. “The harvest is finished, and the summer is gone,” the people cry, “yet we are not saved!” I weep for the hurt of my people. I am stunned and silent, mute with grief. Is there no medicine in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why is there no healing for the wounds of my people? Oh, that my eyes were a fountain of tears; I would weep forever! I would sob day and night for all my people who have been slaughtered. Oh, that I could go away and forget them and live in a shack in the desert, for they are all adulterous and treacherous.”
Worship Video: Today’s readings reminded me of the Rush of Fools’ song “Undo.” This is one of my favorite songs! “Jesus, you are the only one who can undo what I’ve become…”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0fbtr2eeb8
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Grace, love, peace, and joy!
Mike
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