a peek into the heart of God

1 You are always righteous, O LORD,
when I bring a case before you.
Yet I would speak with you about your justice:
Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why do all the faithless live at ease?

2 You have planted them, and they have taken root;
they grow and bear fruit.
You are always on their lips
but far from their hearts.

3 Yet you know me, O LORD;
you see me and test my thoughts about you.
Drag them off like sheep to be butchered!
Set them apart for the day of slaughter!

4 How long will the land lie parched
and the grass in every field be withered?
Because those who live in it are wicked,
the animals and birds have perished.
Moreover, the people are saying,
"He will not see what happens to us."

5 "If you have raced with men on foot
and they have worn you out,
how can you compete with horses?
If you stumble in safe country,
how will you manage in the thickets by the Jordan?

9 Has not my inheritance become to me
like a speckled bird of prey
that other birds of prey surround and attack?
Go and gather all the wild beasts;
bring them to devour.

10 Many shepherds will ruin my vineyard
and trample down my field;
they will turn my pleasant field
into a desolate wasteland.

11 It will be made a wasteland,
parched and desolate before me;
the whole land will be laid waste
because there is no one who cares.

I listened to a sermon on Jeremiah last night.

Jeremiah felt exasperated and frustrated over the incessant rebellion of the people against him and God, and complained to God. God, in His response to Jeremiah, told him that what he has seen can't be considered as anything, they are but a little bit of how God consider man to be sinful and rebellious from His perspective. God Himself has saw His own creation turned upside down, and He wants Jeremiah to gain insight to how God feels - the sense of betrayal, of being turned against.

Sometimes, as we go through certain experiences, God would also want us to experience a little bit for ourselves what God Himself went through - the pain, sufferings, pangsehed, mocked, shamed, wronged.

But you know what, Jesus Christ went through all these too..

let us look to Jesus as the author and perfector of our faith, being the example for us to follow. And in the process of going through life's experiences we too can learn to appreciate God's love, His grace and His mercy.
vin