"If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, in which you trusted, they wearied you, then how will you do in the flooding of the Jordan?" (Jeremiah 12:5).
This is God's reply to Jeremiah, after his lamenting the ways of the wicked, which always seem to prosper. It makes me wonder how, if we feel that life is so hard now, what will we be like when and if it truly is? None of us have lived through a war or felt the true effects of a depression like our ancestors or parents, but perhaps one day we will. In this retort, God is reminding Jeremiah that what he has endured so far is small potatoes, so to speak. So too should we be when we grow complaintive of our everyday woes. That is not to say we should hide the fact that we are exhausted, tired, hungry etc.; God wants us to lay all our cares on Him. But a matter of perspective is in order, that we do not become too soft on ourselves, and become easily offended when things become more difficult. God always gives us a way out of the most seemingly unendurable circumstances (even if it's not the way we'd like!)!
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i always <3 ur posts. and thanks for reminding me of this passage...it's a good one.
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