Weeping in Ramah

Not long after posting about the gross thong booty, I decided to look through Evan's box. It had been a few weeks since I looked through our few memories of him. I picked up my Bible with tears still fresh on my face and I almost immediately flipped to Jeremiah 31: 15. I honestly cannot think of a time before when I actually came right to a passage in the Bible right when I needed it. Usually I have to hunt for a little while...or a long while.

15. This is what the LORD says:

"A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because her children are no more."

16. This is what the LORD says:

"Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded," declares the LORD. "They will return from the land of the enemy. 17. So there is hope for your future," declares the LORD. "Your children will return to their own land."

This passage is in regard to the land of Judah turning away from God but God promises that the people will be restored to Him and will again someday follow Him.

'He who scattered Israel will gather them and will watch over his flock like a shepherd.'
from Jeremiah 31:10

And while I do realize that in this passage God was addressing the Nation of Israel in 600 B.C., He was also addressing me right now. My children have been returned to their own land. There is hope for my future, and my work will be rewarded.

Isn't that cool?