1. God never delights in seeing his children struggle or suffer. But God does desire that we trust him no matter what the circumstances might look like.
  2. A “good death” and “good life” are not accomplished through personal striving but are grasped by faith in the promises of God.
  3. God gives his church a story that helps to make sense of this life.
  4. It would serve us well to embrace the beauty of our diversity within the unity of the body of Christ.
  5. When the waters of anxiety and depression rise, there is One who understands.
  6. A pastor shares his own experience of loneliness and hope
  7. God gives good gifts to underserving workers. God gives good gifts to all of them.
  8. If poetry elevates its subject, we could also say the reverse: the subject, in this case, the Most High God, elevates the language.
  9. The Lord assures Jeremiah he has not forgotten him. He is there and will rescue him.
  10. The Lord has remembered to help his servant Israel, to fulfill his promises to Abraham and to his offspring forever, not mostly or mainly because of his mercy, but exclusively so.
  11. Lord, remember us to remind us, that we may know all good things come from you.
  12. We have to “remember” that God remembers us. He has not fallen away. For God to remember us means he is working for our good; a restoration.