Grow Where You Are Planted

Jeremiah 29:5-6 “Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters . . . that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.” In a letter to his son who was a cadet at West Point,...

Did You Hear Me?

Jeremiah 22:21 “I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.” Picture, if you will, two neighbor boys playing outside. Each boy’s mother calls him...

Standing Alone

Jeremiah 15:17 “I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.” Looking back on the loneliest times in your life, you might find that those times were lonely, not because...

Change

Jeremiah 13:23 “Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.” What kinds of things would you change in the world if you could? What changes would you make? Some people would want...

Direct Me and Correct Me

Jeremiah 10:23-24 “O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.” My daughter received a doll catalog in...