Monday, November 16, 2020

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"The evil of Israel shall be sought, and there shall be none," Jeremiah 50:20.

Really? Jeremiah's prophecies fill page after page detailing sin, wickedness of Judah's and Israel's heinous evils, and the just destruction due them. And, now, they come out squeaky clean? Says who? Well, Jehovah God says so. So, here a few nobodies, captives, bedraggled left-overs from the once mighty people of Israel, thrashed soundly by the great, definitely unrighteous, powers of the day (aka, armies of the Lord). How, now, pray tell, do these scraps get righteous? Here's how, now: God forgives. Nobody rots for ever in their just deserts with God. I mean, nobody. (Unless that's what they really want - their choice.) This Lover forgives anybody who wants to change. That's what he does.

With a brother or sister today, we retell the happy news of this God who wiped our slates clean as a whistle. So, in this sky kingdom, for him who loved us so, we too extend total pardon to others. And we, together, give thanks.

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