Help in the desert

Sunday March 23rd, Jeremiah 31: "At that time I will be the God of all of the tribes of Israel," announces the Lord. "And they will be my people." The Lord says, "Some of my people will live through everything their enemies do to them. They will find help in the desert. I have been in the desert of life, and most of you have also been there would be my guess. Dry times, no love, no hope, nothing feeding your life, you are in a state of mere existence where even taking a breath is work. If you have not been there, you will. And yet there is something strangely pleasant in that place. Facing our darkest hours, we find ourselves comforted somehow. Without even realizing it we become aware that every breath we take is somehow a prayer. In that abandoned forlorn place, we are not alone. I will be the God of all the tribes of Israel, says the Lord, by that statement it is a short hop to the promise made to Abraham and realize that God will also be the God of all the tribes of Abraham. So put down those rockets, give back the land, stop selling arms and everybody just get along, you are brothers loved by the same God whether you like it or not. All this bickering and fighting does to God the same thing your children bickering and fighting does to you. So knock it off and go to your room until you can get along.