August 27

An unlikely hero, King Zedekiah delivered Jeremiah not once but twice! So they guy who wouldn’t listen is now inquiring of the prophet and saving his life. Hmmmm…..

Sometimes I feel like giving up on people. I have brought them along, given them encouragement, spoken my council, but it has more times than not fallen on deaf ears. I watch them make bad choice after bad choice and I shake my head in frustration. Then, just when I think that they are becoming a lost cause, something happens in their life and they come back to God. For some it is a short stay, but for others if finally takes – or they finally take hold of God and won’t let go. It never ceases to amaze me how patient the Father is with people, and with me. I can’t look to people and think they will make the right decision, but I can look to my Father in heaven and know that when He is on the case, when He is on the mission, all things are possible. I must not stop hoping that those I have invested in will come back after they have rebuffed me and all the words I have given them. I must never give up on people.