Day 301..."Jerusalem falls into exile...Inspiring words"

In today's reading, we have a series of devastating events. The fullness of the overthrow and exile is apparent. Yet... there is a lining of hope for Jeremiah. ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will fulfill my words against this city for harm and not for good, and they shall be accomplished before you on that day. But I will deliver you on that day, declares the Lord, and you shall not be given into the hand of the men of whom you are afraid. For I will surely save you, and you shall not fall by the sword, but you shall have your life as a prize of war, because you have put your trust in me, declares the Lord.’”

Today's II Corinthians passage has some most inspiring words. In fact...somehow I read the text and did not recall reading the words. How amazing is the Bible speaking to us so powerfully over and over again! The words in which I am writing are these..."We put no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love; by truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; through honor and dishonor, through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything."
These passages offer a parallelism of perceptions about Christianity and real Christianity. These could be used in a sermon about authentic Christianity.

The reading schedule is lighter this week. Hope you enjoy less chapters! There is a story in the reading schedule, as to how this happened. Somehow, right now at the 300 day mark, I think less chapters is a good change of pace for a few days!