Here we are given the call of the great prophet, Jeremiah. That call was a strange one.
"See, today I appoint you over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to pull down,
to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant" (Jeremiah 1:10). Jeremiah had a
turbulent ministry in a turbulent time but the end result is the charge of every one God
calls: to build and to plant. The world should be better because someone responded
positively to the call of God.
Frederick Buechner has said that the call of God is what you feel most glad about. Who
