SermonStudio
Proper 20 / Pentecost 18 / Ordinary Time 25
Devotional
Water From the Rock
Lectionary Devotional for Cycle C
For the hurt of my poor people I am hurt, I mourn, and dismay has taken hold of me.
-- Jeremiah 8:21
Perhaps more attention needs to be given to the pain in the heart of God. Mostly we focus on human suffering, our own or that of others. Occasionally we may speak of God's anger at our behavior. How often do we speak of God's pain? Jeremiah lifted up God's grief over the condition of God's people: "My joy is gone, grief is upon me, my heart is sick," said God.
-- Jeremiah 8:21
Perhaps more attention needs to be given to the pain in the heart of God. Mostly we focus on human suffering, our own or that of others. Occasionally we may speak of God's anger at our behavior. How often do we speak of God's pain? Jeremiah lifted up God's grief over the condition of God's people: "My joy is gone, grief is upon me, my heart is sick," said God.
