Abandoned

"I have given the dearly beloved of my soul to the hand of her enemies," Jeremiah 12:7.

Who's talking here? God. Who's God's lover here? His people. What's God done with her? Released her to her enemies. Why? because she wanted them, and repudiated him. One way God rages against our stony-hearted spurning of his lavish love is to let us go. (You know, like, let her go and if she loves you, she'll come back. Not!) Releasing us from protective love, he abandons us. Abandoned to the consequences of the very deceptions we romanced. That's what it means when it says, The sword of Jehovah God devours from one end of the land to the other. That sword is us getting to do what we wanted to do, all the way. When God gives up on us ... well, nobody wants that. Not really. Really. Not anybody wants that.

Repenting, we receive God's gracious love. With a brother or sister today, we return to the bosom of the lover of our souls; we find protection and healing. And we give thanks for his salvation. Sky kingdom.