Well this is a tough one... not really the most encouraging passage of scripture to meditate on, but there is so much wealth in these verses. We are encouraged to remember that wealth and status and pleasure can pass in an instant and each of us could wake up broke, sick, hurt, humbled and changed by circumstance. In this passage Jeremiah laments over the misery he sees. Chad leads us through this passage and points us to the sure hope of Christ, our Savior, who holds onto us and will never abandon us. Our friend Chris Lizotte sings "Fear Not".
Show Notes:
What's New from 1517:
Untamed Prayers: 365 Daily Devotions on Christ in the Book of Psalms by Chad Bird
Remembering Your Baptism: A 40-Day Devotional by Kathryn Morales
The Impossible Prize: A Theology of Addiction by Donavan Riley
More from the hosts:
Lyrics to "Fear Not"
Lamentations 4:1-11
We are desolate in the streets
And our hearts are black as coal
Once, like gold, we were shining
Now we are muted and we are cold
How the gold has grown dim,
how the world, our world, has changed!
Now the holy stones lie scattered
what we held sacred, is now profaned
Chorus
"Fear not, fear not, do not fear
Peace be with you"
In this world of tribulation
Christ has overcome the world
"Fear not, fear not, do not fear
Peace be with you"
In this world of tribulation
Christ has overcome the world
Fear not
Now Your wrath
Has kindled a fire
That consumed our foundations, they're gone
There's no drink, to quench for our thirst now
Just the tune, of an old drunkards song
And the jackals
Still feed their young
But You've taken
All we've become
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