I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.  I am going to be on vacation through August 10th.  I have prepared my daily Bible Studies for each day throughout that time in advance since I will have limited access to the Internet during this time.  The timing on when I publish these blogs may be erratic during this time.

Today, I am reading and commenting on Jeremiah 4-6.

Reading Jeremiah frightens me, but it also gives me hope.  The fear comes because Jeremiah’s prophecies started when Josiah was king and things seemed to be getting better.  The hope comes from things like the start of today’s passage.  The people of Judah could have returned to God and avoided the coming disaster.  Even now, if the people would plow up the  hard ground of their hearts and turn to God, He would forgive them and welcome them home..

Still, my fear persists.  I see the signs of the coming storm which God will unleash on this land if its people continue to ignore His warnings.  I read what Jeremiah says about the lack of honest people and see similar things in our society.  People condemn their opponents for lying, then lie themselves when they perceive it as being to their advantage.  The poor do it, the rich do it.  Those without any power do it, those with great power do it.  And everyone in between.  God tells us to walk in the old, godly way, but no one today wants that road.    They call that way “intolerant”, refusing to see where they path they choose instead actually leads.  They want a “new” way and will not listen to anyone who tells them that the “new” way is not new.