And so begins the Babylonian exile.
Have you ever felt this way....besieged? Surrounded on every side? Cannot see a way out? All is lost?
At these times in our lives, we must recall Psalm 31:21: Blessed be the LORD! for he has shown me the wonders of his love in a besieged city.
How? How, when all seems lost? Paul gives us the answer in today's first Chapter of Romans, verses 13-14:
We must go to our brothers and sisters. What saves us when all seems hopeless is that we belong to a community. A community who will hold us, heal us, stay with us, and help us find our way out.....our way home. Our God is a God who returns the exile, who brings life where there was once death, who brings new life where there was once barrenness. We need not be afraid. We are a people of hope, not fear.
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