Learning to lament
Everyone experiences loss. That much is clear. But how each one of us expresses loss is different. It’s a cultural thing. We are taught how to deal with loss by our parents, our friends,...
Author: Helen Redfern
Lamentations
Lamentations. Not a word we really use in the Western world today. Lamentations: noun 1. acts of lamenting or expressing grief. 2. Lamentations, (used with a singular verb) a book of the Bible, traditionally...
Trust in the only one who can be trusted
And Jerusalem fell. Exactly as God had told Jeremiah it would fall. In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his...
Just keep speaking out…
Warning to Zedekiah, King of Judah: This is what the Lord says: I am about to give this city into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down. You will...
The restoration business
The siege is on. The king of Babylon is besieging Jerusalem. And King Zedekiah is holding Jeremiah under guard in the royal palace of Judah. It isn’t looking good for Jeremiah at all. And...
Are you a carpenter or a gardener when it comes to your kids?
OK, so I have five children. The oldest is now 24, the youngest 13. But never imagine for one moment that that makes me an expert. Far from it. I was reflecting with a...
He is already there
There’s always one, isn’t there? One who’s on a mission to bring you down. One who’s spreading lies about you. Maybe they’re jealous or a mischief maker or simply bored. Maybe they just don’t...
For I know the plans I have for you…
We all know people like Hananiah. People who say what they think those around them what to hear. People pleasers. People who agree with one side of the argument and in the next breath,...
He hears the cries and He hears the excuses
In Jeremiah 24, God shows Jeremiah a vision of two baskets of figs. One basket contains figs that are so bad that there is no hope for them. They cannot be redeemed. They will...
The message we share…
Jeremiah is instructed to bring God’s message to the current king of Judah. It’s the same message as it’s always been. As it always will be. This is what the Lord says: do what...
