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Jeremiah 9-11

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SO MANY CHOICES!

Alright, it's no secret that today's chapters were a little depressing. How God was going to punish everyone for their sins, and how none of their idols can save them, and blah blah blah.

Anyway, I think that nowadays God gives people a choice. God gave people choices back then too... but times are different now. We can choose to follow God and all that He stands for, or we can ignore Him and be on our own.

We have freedoms here in America, to choose whatever and whichever faith we desire. It's not like if we don't bow down to the president we'll get stoned to death or something.

We always have a choice. God grants us that choice. And a few verses I read today really shows us all about the different things we can choose:

This is what the LORD says:
"Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom
or the strong man boast of his strength
or the rich man boast of his riches,

but let him who boasts boast about this:
that he understands and knows me,
that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness,
justice and righteousness on earth,
for in these I delight,"
declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 9:23-24

We can choose to focus on wisdom or riches, but God wants us to brag about Him and His awesome love for us.

I hope you choose that! :)

Peace.

Comments

Granny said…
No sense boasting, all our gifts of wisdom or strength come from God. All our gifts are God given. We should just turn to Him and praise Him...not boast of anything given to us.
August 6, 2010 at 5:49 PM
Carly said…
This is an awesome point! Why brag about things God gives us when you can just brag about the Giver? That's awesome.
August 6, 2010 at 9:43 PM
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