Lamentations (NLT) Discover His heart: “Great is His faithfulness.” “I have cried until the tears no longer come; my heart is broken.”(2:11) Jeremiah cried in anguish over the ruins of Jerusalem in Lamentations, appropriately named. A lamentation is a song or poem expressing grief or sorrow, and the book of Lamentations is just that, a funeral dirge for the loss…
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June 2 @ Jeremiah 47-52
Jeremiah 47-52 (NLT) Discover His heart: He patiently waits for His long-lost children to return home, not wanting any to be lost There’s little that concerns me more than waiting for my husband or children when they’re late returning home. I’ve never considered myself highly imaginative, but in moments like this, I surprise myself. I imagine accidents and breakdowns, degenerates…
May 19 @ Jeremiah 37-41
Jeremiah 37-41 (NLT) Discover His heart: He rewards our faithfulness when we face opposition I always marveled at the tenacity and courage of an elderly man who stood day after day on various busy corners in our city wearing a placard. The sign said, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth…
May 12 @ Jeremiah 32-36
Jeremiah 32-36 (NLT) Discover His heart: He will not easily let go of us and rewards our commitment to stay Because I went to a small college and knew my fellow students reasonably well, the first day of each school term was somewhat revealing as to how challenging our classes would be. After we filed into each of our classes,…
Phyllis Benigas 