Jeremiah 29:4-7, 10-14 (JPS Translation)

Jeremiah 29:4-7 (JPS) Thus said the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, to the whole community which I exiled from Jerusalem to Babylon: "Build houses and live in them, plant gardens and eat their fruit. Take wives and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters. Multiply there, do not decrease. And seek the welfare of the city to which I have exiled you and pray to the Lord in its behalf; for in its prosperity you shall prosper."

Jeremiah 29:10-14 (JPS) For thus said the Lord: "When Babylon's seventy years are over, I will take note of you, and I will fulfill to you My promise of favor-to bring you back to this place. For I am mindful of the plans I have made concerning you" declares the Lord, "plans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a hopeful future. When you call Me, and come and pray to Me, I will give heed to you. You will search Me and find Me, if only you seek Me wholeheartedly. I will be at hand for you" declares the Lord, "and I will restore your fortunes. And I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places to which I have banished you" declares the Lord, "and I will bring you back to the place from which I exiled you."



Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Sojourner's Verse and Voice - July 20, 2011


"We can of course shake off the burden which is laid upon us, but only find that we have a still heavier burden to carry -- a yoke of our own choosing, the yoke of our self. But Jesus invites all who travail and are heavy laden to throw off their own yoke and take his yoke upon them -- and his yoke is easy, and his burden is light. The yoke and burden of Christ are his cross."
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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