Jeremiah – The Arnold Journey

Drunk with Power

Jeremiah 51:7 Babylon was a gold cup in the Lord’s hand; she made the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore they have now gone mad. Power is one of those things that most of wish we had more. “If only we were in charge,” we say to ourselves, “then things would beContinue reading “Drunk with Power”

Neighbors

Jeremiah 49:1 Concerning the Ammonites: This is what the Lord says: “Has Israel no sons? Has Israel no heir? Why then has Molek taken possession of Gad? Why do his people live in its towns? Sometimes it can be hard to make sense of the chaos happening around us. Look at the chaos of COVID-19Continue reading “Neighbors”

Gadfly

Jeremiah 46:20 “Egypt is a beautiful heifer, but a gadfly is coming against her from the north. I used to love to sit outside beside a mountain lake during the summer in Maine. The sounds of the forrest surrounding the cabin. Wildlife scurrying around their natural playground. The lapping of water against the sides ofContinue reading “Gadfly”

Therefore

Jeremiah 44:10-11 To this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed my law and the decrees I set before you and your ancestors. 11 “Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am determined to bring disaster on you and to destroy all Judah.Continue reading “Therefore”

In the Mud

Jeremiah 38:22 All the women left in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon. Those women will say to you: “ ‘They misled you and overcame you— those trusted friends of yours. Your feet are sunk in the mud; your friends have deserted you.’Continue reading “In the Mud”

The Power of Example

Jeremiah 35:2 “Go to the Rekabite family and invite them to come to one of the side rooms of the house of the Lord and give them wine to drink.” So many people grow up today without having a good example of what it means to be a functioning human being. The lack a father,Continue reading “The Power of Example”

Weeping

Jeremiah 31:15 This is what the Lord says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.” Emotions can be a mixed bag. They give us the ability to experience life on different levels. Without emotions, life would beContinue reading “Weeping”

Seventy Years

Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Selective hearing is not just something that men do to their wives. (Sorry, husbands, if I have just given away your secret!) Selective hearingContinue reading “Seventy Years”

A New History

Jeremiah 23:7-8 “So then, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when people will no longer say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,’ 8 but they will say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the descendants of Israel up out of the land of theContinue reading “A New History”

Renamed Valley

Jeremiah 19:1-2 This is what the Lord says: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take along some of the elders of the people and of the priests 2 and go out to the Valley of Ben Hinnom, near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. There proclaim the words I tell you, There canContinue reading “Renamed Valley”