Jeremiah 3:2
Lift up your eyes to the bare heights and see! Where have you not been ravished? By the waysides you have sat awaiting lovers like an Arab in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your vile whoredom.
How insightful is the Word of God. How the plight of Israel and Judah so perfectly foreshadow the personal and collective problems of Christianity today. Where have we not wandered astray? Where have we not floundered in self-indulgence or pride. Lift up your eyes to the heights and see where have we not been ravished? What have we not polluted? With our eyes we have looked with lust and greed. Our hands hold stolen goods. With our feet we pursue the way of the wicked. With our mind's we plan evil. We have lent out our bodies to sin, as the Israelite lent theirs to idol worship.
Our sin is not just our own. We have polluted the land. The consequences and effects of sin spread far from their source into the people, places and ideas that surround them.
Forgive us Lord for we have sinned. Our waywardness has caused hurt to your world and disorder among your creation. In mercy and grace refine us. Equip us to clean up our mess. Teach us to take responsibility for our past mistakes and prepare for the future.
Pax Vobiscum until tomorrow
Lift up your eyes to the bare heights and see! Where have you not been ravished? By the waysides you have sat awaiting lovers like an Arab in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your vile whoredom.
How insightful is the Word of God. How the plight of Israel and Judah so perfectly foreshadow the personal and collective problems of Christianity today. Where have we not wandered astray? Where have we not floundered in self-indulgence or pride. Lift up your eyes to the heights and see where have we not been ravished? What have we not polluted? With our eyes we have looked with lust and greed. Our hands hold stolen goods. With our feet we pursue the way of the wicked. With our mind's we plan evil. We have lent out our bodies to sin, as the Israelite lent theirs to idol worship.
Our sin is not just our own. We have polluted the land. The consequences and effects of sin spread far from their source into the people, places and ideas that surround them.
Forgive us Lord for we have sinned. Our waywardness has caused hurt to your world and disorder among your creation. In mercy and grace refine us. Equip us to clean up our mess. Teach us to take responsibility for our past mistakes and prepare for the future.
Pax Vobiscum until tomorrow
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