The world outside of Jeremiah????

What a week it has been - what a day!!! I have spent the last two days reading like every second that I was not in class. Today I read Jeremiah for probably over 4 hours! At dinner, I was like all out of it, recovering from 40 chapters of misery and judgement and turmoil etc. That poor guy though! Can you imagine knowing all about the doom of your country - having to tell it and having NO HOPE that it could be avoided!?! What a terrible life and yet he continued to trust God. I find it so crazy that the Israelites like, knowingly and willfully refused to acknowledge God at all. They ignored and persecuted his prophets and didn't listen at all...but then, I guess I'd rather pretend they were liars than accept their message.

I have learned so much this week and had a blast. We did a "Walk Thru the Prophets" class, touching on all the prophets in the OT. It was super fun, with all different types of learning styles used and a great teacher. I've never really looked into the prophets much, other than like, Isaiah and Daniel but now I know where they all fit and I've read parts if not all of most of them. Things are becoming so much clearer in the big picture. Each class, I am able to add more pieces to the puzzle of history. The Bible has so much more in it than I have every experienced or imagined. It's not hard to believe that I will never figure it all out. There will always be something more to learn - it's inexhaustible!

I was also supremely blessed tonight with a video of my dear nephew. It was a beautiful ending to this day filled with rather depressing topics (when one read's Jeremiah, it is hard to keep a light spirit). Though I am having so much fun here and learning sooo much, I can't wait to come home and see all my family and friends and well tonight, I just really wanna hug my little nephew!!