Glorifying God in difficult times
Today’s texts afford the preacher an opportunity to identify which difficult times people in our congregation face, even after the Holy Week and Easter Sunday is past on the calendar. The shadow of the cross still casts its darkness in the lives of many people of faith, even though the liturgical calendar says it is “Easter” season. Today’s texts address three concrete situations that people might face in their lives. Jeremiah speaks to those who have seen the foundations and constants of their world collapse beneath them.