This Sunday's scripture lesson will be from the prophet Jeremiah, chapter 31, verses 27-34. Jeremiah criticizes the Southern Kingdom of Judah and the city of Jerusalem for being unfaithful to God. He predicts that God will judge the people with a painful future. But once the people are suffering, Jeremiah speaks words of comfort, healing and restoration from God to the people of Judah. These verses from chapter 31, especially verses 31-34, are God's pledge to God's people. God pledges to make a new covenant with the people, a covenant in which God's law will be written in their hearts.
Questions for reflection: Have you ever experienced a time of "exile", a time in which you felt, and lived your life, far away from God, a time when you were unfaithful to God? What was that time like? What does it mean to have God's law written on your heart? How is this different from learning God's law by reading the Bible, going to church, discussing your faith with your Christian friends? Why does God pledge to write the law on our hearts? Is it possible to be unfaithful to what is in the very core of our hearts? What does it mean to you to return from exile, to "come home to the Lord"?
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