Continuing in the Jeremiah vein, the scripture I picked up on today was Jeremiah 32:32-33 - the one where God is saying that His instructions will be written on our hearts instead of just tablets of stone. (Although I think sometimes that our hearts must be made of stone... there is so much evil and hatred blatantly displayed all over the world.)
I think as society has walked away from God's teachings, basic civility has been on the decline. So, with whatever time we have left before "the days to come," it falls to us who love God's law to walk in the opposite sprit and overcome our base human nature that defaults to wanting to return evil for evil - but instead find ways to (metaphorically speaking) "turn the other cheek"; when we see unkindness, we respond with kindness. When we see greed, we respond with generosity.
What will that look like in real time? I'm guessing "easier to say - not as easy to do" without the power of the Holy Spirit working in us.
I will put My law in their minds
and inscribe it on their hearts.
And I will be their God,
and they will be My people.
-Jeremiah 31:33b
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