~ The nation of ______ ~
Oh, that my head were a spring of water
and my eyes a fountain of tears!
I would weep day and night
for the slain of my people.
Oh, that I had in the desert
a lodging place for travelers,
so that I might leave my people
and go away from them;
for they are all adulterers,
a crowd of unfaithful people.
“They make ready their tongue
like a bow, to shoot lies;
it is not by truth
that they truimph in the land.
They go from one sin to another;
they do not acknowledge me,”
declares the LORD.
“Beware of your friends;
do not trust your brothers.
For every brother is a deceiver,
and every friend a slanderer.
Friend deceives friend,
and no one speaks the truth.
They have taught their tongues to lie;
they weary themselves with sinning.
You live in the midst of deception;
in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,”
declares the LORD.
— Jeremiah 9:1-6 (NIV) —
This is the world we live in. Deception and sin lies around every corner. These are the people God loves… these are the people that Jesus came to save. Perverse and always sinning… I see this quote being lived out… and also reflections of it in my own life… “they weary themselves with sinning.” We deny and deny and deny… The truth looks us in the face, but still we refuse to acknowledge it. A part of me wants to be away from this place… a part of me says, these are my people… this is where I came from…It is tiring to live here… All the more reason to rejoice when I find a taste of heaven… ^_^
Life Application: Depend upon God alone… your friends… your brother may leave you, but God is unchanging. What do you see?
== EDIT ==
A very nice post: God Party
courtesy of axle
RYN: Hehe… who said being “good” was easy? It is way easier to turn to the dark side than turn to the light. All we have to do is let the hate and anger take over, it is a lot easier than allow love to consume us.
Hmm? I didn’t say anything about “love thy neighbor”… yes, and I know it’s not the same. “Treat other how you would like to be treated,” how many times have people complain about life treating us unfairly and yet we do it to other? That’s what it means to me. We are hypocrites in that aspect.
Lust is hard to tame… I know have sin in this area… Some of us don’t even think twice about it… There is also a thin line between love and lust too, sometime it’s just hard to tell.
Where will you run to? Space? There is nothing out in space
Hmm? … Not really… Not everyone.
… Yes we are sinner is some way, but some of us do not deceive other.
Why is it easier to hate than it is to love. Love is so good feeling. I totally believe in the whole do unto others. I am an example of that. Thin line between love and lust… hmmmm that is interesting.. Denial is easier. Doesn’t it say the truth will set you free. Please don’t go away. When he is ready for you to taste it he will let you.