"I will build them up. I will not pull them down. I will plant them. I will not uproot them," Jeremiah 24:6.
Says Jehovah, the God of Israel, promises spoken to a people whose culture has been uprooted. To a people now enslaved in a foreign land. To a people whose country still smolders from the devastation. To a people who will not see the promises come true for yet another lifetime. Faith, hope, and love all balance against time, don't they? The longer a promise seems stalled the more challenging keeping faith, holding hope, loving annoyers becomes. Yet, to trust God means exactly that: to press on even when the call to abandon hope shouts loudest. God holds promises unfilled as he works unseen on something better for you (yes, better for you!). Sky kingdom.
We seek out a brother or sister today and we remind each other of heaven. Jesus is coming soon. We invite any and all to enter the gate to the sky kingdom. And, together, we give thanks to the One planting seeds now.
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