August 2, 2028

10Jeremiah’s Complaint - Woe to me, my mother, that you gave me birth! a man of strife and contention to all the land! I neither borrow nor lend, yet everyone curses me. 16When I found your words, I devoured them; your words were my joy, the happiness of my heart, Because I bear your name, LORD, God of hosts. 17I did not sit celebrating in the circle of merrymakers; Under the weight of your hand I sat alone because you filled me with rage. 18Why is my pain continuous, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? To me you are like a deceptive brook, waters that cannot be relied on! 19Thus the LORD answered me: If you come back and I take you back, in my presence you shall stand; If you utter what is precious and not what is worthless, you shall be my mouth. Then they will be the ones who turn to you, not you who turn to them. 20And I will make you toward this people a fortified wall of bronze. Though they fight against you, they shall not prevail, For I am with you, to save and rescue you—oracle of the LORD. 21I will rescue you from the hand of the wicked, and ransom you from the power of the violent.

2I - Rescue me from my enemies, my God; lift me out of reach of my foes. 3Deliver me from evildoers; from the bloodthirsty save me. 4They have set an ambush for my life; the powerful conspire against me. For no offense or misdeed of mine, LORD, 10My strength, for you I watch; you, God, are my fortress, 11my loving God. II - May God go before me, and show me my fallen foes. 17III - But I shall sing of your strength, extol your mercy at dawn, For you are my fortress, my refuge in time of trouble. 18My strength, your praise I will sing; you, God, are my fortress, my loving God.

15I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father.

44“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. 45Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls. 46When he finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it.