Quiet

"Fear not, for I will save you," Jeremiah 46:27.

If God spoke earlier to a small, left-over, remainder people, he now speaks to an even smaller, left-over-er, remainder-er people. These are those scattered abroad after the Babylonian holocaust of their land and cities. And why should God save such obstinate people? Why does God promise a return home? Why does God pledge quiet, ease for them and their children? Why should God be with them at all? Why will God not make a full end of them? Because, the prophets must continually remind, God is God, and not human. God's plans and purposes, except that he should reveal them, fly higher in the skies than human reckoning. So, why? because God is the Lover of contrite human hearts lately turned from arrogance. But, Why?! Because. God. Is. Holy.

Stunned once again by this unimaginable God, we join with a brother or sister in a quiet moment of reflection. Together, humbled, we give thanks for his grace. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God All Powerful, who was and is and is to come.