January 19: Rachel Weeping

Affirmation: I am blessed, grateful and abundant.

““But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.”‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭17:7‬ ‭NIV‬‬
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Ponder and Personalize: Continue to memorize this verse and to personalize it. Today ponder & personalize the last 4 characteristics of wisdom that comes from God: “It is full of mercy and the fruit of good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere.“ or “full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.”
”But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and the fruit of good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere.“‭‭James‬ ‭3‬:‭17‬ ‭NLT‬‬https://bible.com/bible/116/jas.3.17.NLT
”But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.“‭‭James‬ ‭3‬:‭17‬ ‭NIV‬‬https://bible.com/bible/111/jas.3.17.NIV

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Praying the Message of Jesus: A Year of Thoughts and Prayers
by Eugene Peterson

                        Jan 19


Rachel Weeping 

Herod, when he realized that the scholars had tricked him, flew into a rage. He commanded the murder of every little boy two years old and under who lived in Bethlehem and its surrounding hills. (He determined that age from information he'd gotten from the scholars.) That's when Jeremiah's sermon was fulfilled: "A sound was heard in Ramah, weeping and much lament. Rachel weeping for her children, Rachel refusing all solace, her children gone, dead and buried."

MATTHEW 2:16-18 

The slaughtered children participated in the messianic birth pangs: Christ entered a world flailing in rebellion. Herod, in a tantrum, hysterically tried to hold on to his kingdom. The voice in Ramah reverberates in history's echo chambers and gets louder every year. 

 

What is the worst crime you are aware of? 


Dear God, so much weeping! Such a burden of lamentation! I will not gloss over the terrible pain and sorrow that comes from vanity and anger, but neither will I forget the final word of resurrection. Amen. 


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