Reading these two books made me refer to the question that is always asked at the end of a P12 lesson: “Is there anything that you learned today or that has stood out to you?” In total transparency, this question always seems to stifle me because I have always felt that these things I already know, but have not completely submitted myself too. What was emphasized to me in these two books, Jeremiah and Lamentations, are the central messages that God has always been and continues to be merciful, and even in that, we must still mourn over our sin, meaning that we must repent and mean it. If we leave only by the fact that we know that God will love us anyway, regardless of our sinfulness, then we are living double minded lives.
