“People who claim that they're evil are usually no worse than the rest of us... It's people who claim that they're good, or any way better than the rest of us, that you have to be wary of.”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
JEREMIAH 46-48
7Since you trust in your deeds and riches,
you too will be taken captive (48:7)
HEBREWS 4
14Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven,fJesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. 15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. 16Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
JOURNAL
In seeking God, I can have confidence that God will be sympathetic to my struggle. God was one of us through Christ. Therefore he understands our struggle to obey and trust. He understands our struggle in encountering suffering and pain. He understands the struggle against thoughts and emotions that threaten to pull me away from obedience. He gets it and he gets me. Why on earth then would I ever want to depart from his presence? Why would I ever trust anything other than his word?
It is my struggle and one that I will encounter every day for the rest of my life. Jesus was not exempt, Jesus struggled with temptation and doubt. Therefore I can only take comfort in seeking God with all my heart and freely seeking rest in obedience to him.
It is my struggle and one that I will encounter every day for the rest of my life. Jesus was not exempt, Jesus struggled with temptation and doubt. Therefore I can only take comfort in seeking God with all my heart and freely seeking rest in obedience to him.
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