Jeremiah 7:27-28
“Tell them all this, but don’t expect them to listen. Call out to them, but don’t expect an answer. Tell them, ‘You are the nation that wouldn’t obey GOD, that refused all discipline. Truth has disappeared. There’s not a trace of it left in your mouths.’”
“Tell them all this, but do not expect them to listen. Shout out your warnings, but do not expect them to respond. Say to them, ‘This is the nation whose people will not obey the LORD their God and who refuse to be taught. Truth has vanished from among them; it is no longer heard on their lips.’”
God made us to hope as a reflection of himself. Here God has lost hope in Judah just as we do with our human relationships. We despair the lost blossoming of shared ideas and emotions. The universe’s creator knows our pain because he has lived it also. Amazing and comforting too.
Lord, I cannot understand this. How can you be so big and yet still understand my small emotions? The mystery of it overwhelms. You are most worthy of all the devotion I can give you. Make me able to love you more.