Jeremiah’s prayer
March 12, 2010
Jeremiah 14:7-10
7 Although
our sins testify against us,
O LORD, do something for the sake of your
name.
For our backsliding is great;
we have sinned against you.
8
O Hope of Israel,
its Savior in times of distress,
why are you like a stranger in the land,
like a traveler who stays only a night?
9
Why are you like a man taken by surprise,
like a warrior powerless to save?
You are among us, O LORD,
and we bear your name;
do not forsake us!
10
This is what the LORD says about this people:
"They greatly love to wander;
they do not restrain their feet.
So the LORD does not accept them;
he will now remember their wickedness
and punish them for their sins."
Jeremiah is asking why we treat God like a stranger when he is
in our midst all the time.
God has answered my prayer by giving me people in the
community that will listen and I can talk to