Do you suppose they are embarrassed
over this outrage?
Not really. They have no shame.
They don’t even know how to blush.
There’s no hope for them. They’ve hit bottom
and there’s no getting up.
As far as I’m concerned,
they’re finished.’” GOD has spoken.
—GOD’S Decree—
“‘but found nothing:
Not a grape, not a fig,
just a few withered leaves.
I’m taking back
everything I gave them.’
”
Jeremiah 8:12-13If you brag, brag of this and this only:
That you understand and know me.
I’m GOD, and I act in loyal love.
I do what’s right and set things right and fair,
and delight in those who do the same things.
These are my trademarks.” Jeremiah 9:24
Reflect: In the space of a few verses, God is portrayed both as a petulant child and as one who acts in "loyal love." Can these be the actual words of God? Or, as I think more likely, the ramblings of the writer?
Respond: Boy, I've gotta be careful in presuming to speak for God. Jesus' response to the ones that would follow him was "Come and see." How different than the holier-than-thou pontificating of James and Jeremiah.
God, may people see you in me and not be turned off by what I say about you.
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