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  • I Want to be the One

    Chapter five of Jeremiah opens with a challenge from the Lord. The challenge was to find one honest and truthful person in the entire city of Jerusalem, the capital city and center of worship for Judah. God was willing to forgive and spare the city if this person could be found. “Go up and down…

  • The Pains of Labor and Judgement 

    As I studied the Book of Jeremiah this past year, one thing, in particular, bothered me.  Throughout the book, God compares the coming judgment of the Israelites to that of a woman giving birth. Keep in mind that for the first half of the year, I was pregnant, which was not my plan!  The first…

  • The Good Old Days

    According to Jeremiah 3, the Good Old Days for the Israelites were in the days of Solomon’s reign over a united Israel. The people had a beautiful temple where they worshipped God. The temple held the ark of the covenant, the symbol of God’s presence with the people, and the ark contained the Ten Commandments,…