[i read the Bible through every year and have since 2010. That's not a brag, it's a confession. Because even though i do that and therefore have read Jeremiah 11 at least seven times in the last seven years, Saturday was the first time this line struck me and it struck me as new. As if i was reading it for the very first time. That happens to me a lot. God reveals to you what He wants to reveal when He wants to reveal it. That's just one of the reasons we keep coming back to the well each and every day as often as we can. i'm told the line by itself out of context is dangerous and possibly harmful. i'll deal with that thought another day. For now though, i've included the raw response i had to it in my journal. No spit, no polish, just what came out of me when i read it. Hope its helpful. At least more helpful than any of Seamus' musings.]
“What rights has my beloved in my house
when she has done many wicked things?”
There is so much here, Yahweh God. First, that she is your beloved. Second that she is unfaithful. That you wish to bring her into your house or she is in it already doing her wickedness. Father, we are your bride and yes, we have done, are doing and will do many wicked things and we have no rights in your house much less to be in your house at all. None. Yet! But! You are the Bridegroom! You have come for your bride anyway! You made her clean! You washed away her iniquity! You have rescued us, saved us, bought us out of our slavery! Off the slave block! You took us home. You restored us to our children. You make us part of yourself again. You join yourself to us! You are amazing!
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