“Adonai is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.” Adonai is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul that seeks Him. It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of Adonai.” ‭‭Lamentations‬ ‭3:24-26‬ ‭TLV‬‬ In Numbers, when Adonai divided the land and assigned areas to the tribes…

“The Lord has brought about our vindication and has revealed the righteousness of our cause; Come and let us proclaim in Zion The work of the Lord our God!” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭51:10‬ ‭AMP‬‬ In my option, one of the hardest things to do is to “stick with something” – a directive from G-d – that others…

““But do not fear, O My servant Jacob, And do not be dismayed, O Israel! For behold, I will save you from afar, And your offspring from the land of their captivity; Jacob shall return, have rest and be at ease; No one shall make him afraid.” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭46:27 NKJV‬‬ Fear blurs the lines between  perception and…

“In those days and in that time,” says the Lord, “…I will pardon those whom I preserve… Their Redeemer is strong; The Lord of hosts is His name. He will thoroughly plead their case, That He may give rest to the land, And disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭50:20, 34‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ As Jeremiah draws…

“And do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, I will bring disaster on all flesh,’ says the Lord, ‘but I will give your life to you [as your only reward and] as a prize of war wherever you go.’ ”” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭45:5‬ ‭AMP‬‬ The book of Jeremiah is quite violent.…

“Then Adonai answered me and said: “Write down the vision, make it plain on the tablets, so that the reader may run with it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time. It hastens to the end and will not fail. If it should be slow in coming, wait for it, For it will surely…

“But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and field hands.” ‭‭2 Kings‬ ‭25:12‬ ‭TLV‬‬ Jerusalem decimated and destroyed. People were exiled. Some were taken captive. Others  ran. And some of were left to be vinedressers and field hands. Here’s the hope: we may be overlooked, rejected,…

“So we, Your people and sheep of Your pasture, Will give You thanks forever; We will show forth Your praise to all generations.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭79:13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ The wordsmith in me loves this verse.  I used to love scrapbooking. I really should pick it up again. I loved everything about the process – printing the pictures, cutting…

“Surely the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them, but this people has not obeyed Me.” ’ “Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Behold, I will bring on Judah and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the…

“I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul. For thus says the Lord, ‘Just as I have brought all this great disaster on this people, so I am going to bring on them all the good that…