The Voice

I read Jeremiah 19:

“”This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘Listen! I am going to bring on this city and the villages around it every disaster I pronounced against them, because they were stiff-necked and would not listen to my words.’ ”

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I read Jeremiah 18:

“But you know, O Lord, all their plots to kill me. Do not forgive their crimes or blot out their sins from your sight. Let them be overthrown before you; deal with them in the time of your anger.”

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I read Jeremiah 17:

“O Lord, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you will be put to shame. Those who turn away from you will be written in the dust because they have forsaken the Lord, the spring of living water.”

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I read Jeremiah 16:

“They will die of deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried but will be like refuse lying on the ground. They will perish by sword and famine, and their dead bodies will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.”

This passage just seemed eerie to read this year because I have been following the statistics of a worldwide pandemic as it affects the United States, California and my own county and city to a lesser degree. it is not known when the social distancing restrictions will be lifted or if ‘normal’ interactions in public will ever be restored again. I miss attending church on Sundays and seeing the teens at youth group on Tuesdays, having people over for lunch or dinner, or having my kids get invited to friends birthday parties, none the less, I have a healthy family at home and we are keeping and increasing some healthy habits and are not negatively impacted in our ability to meet financial needs as they come. God is still providing and we are doing what we can to make the most of the situation.

I read Jeremiah 15:

“When your words came, I ate them;

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