Saving a Terminal Heart

This blog post is based off of Jeremiah 17:5-14 from the "New Women's Devotional Bible". 

There are plenty of ways that we as humans suffer from "heart disease". We are selfish, stubborn, cocky, liars, etc. We think we can "go it alone" for a lot of things and we forget that we need Jesus in our lives! 

God gives us many orders in His word - physician orders! He is the great physician and is asking things of us to keep our hearts healthy. Time spent with Him and His word, giving to others, and many other ways we can keep our hearts healthy. 

How can we entrust our whole heart to God and His care. What ways can we make sure that we are keeping our hearts as healthy as possible? Spend time today dwelling on these thoughts and know that Christ is the great physician! He will heal!

Isaiah 58:6-14

Matthew 15:18

Acts 15:8-9

Hebrews 4:12-13

"The bad news: You have a broken heart. The good news: God can cure the incurable." 

Intimate Doubt

This blog post is based off of Jeremiah 15:1-21 from the "New Women's Devotional Bible".

Reading today's passage was a bit shocking for me. Reading about God's anger and wrath isn't my favorite thing to do - or any one's I would assume. It was so different from the God I know and trust and understand. It was hard to get through the passage. 

In the last few verses there is a change of pace. After a whole bunch of scary words directly from God, Jeremiah cries out to Him. God hears his cry and the whole situations changes. The emotions are no longer wrath and anger, but love and forgiveness....finally, the God I know!

This passage teaches us that there will be hard times in our walk through life - whether we are walking with God or not. There will be situations where we don't want to face the truth, or the facts. I know that I've been placed into some pretty ugly situations that I wasn't thrilled about. I didn't quite understand why I was led to that place.

Maybe you are in a place right now that is discouraging and feels impossible. It may be affecting you greatly...your mood is always down, your temper may be out of control, you may feel abandoned. Whatever it may be, we all experience intimate doubts that we can share with out heavenly father. He will hear them and His attitude will adjust to meet our needs. Just like Jeremiah. 

Jeremiah 1:4-8; 12:1-3; 20:7-12

Jude 22

"God knows your limits; he realizes that he calls flawed people to enormous tasks. Yet his promise to stay with you is forever the same." 

Why Do the Wicked Prosper?

This blog post is based off of Jeremiah 12:1-17 from the "New Women's Devotional Bible".

There have been plenty of times in my life when I have wondered why the wicked prosper? Why is it that the cheaters get ahead, the mean people get what they want, and the manipulators always seem to get the better end of the bargain?

I'm sure that many people can relate to this! 

Jeremiah reassures us of a couple things. One, we all have felt this way! Even the people in the passage above are asking God why it is unfair? God answer with His just answer and reassures that, again, His ways are higher than ours and we must trust Him. 

God's wisdom is far above anything else. To question Him isn't worth it. He knows what is best and make everything right in His time. 

Job 21:7-21

Psalms 73:1-28; 145:17-20

Proverbs 11:21-23