I know, O Lord, that a man’s life is not
his own:
it is not for man to direct his steps.

Jeremiah 10:23 NIV

Right on Jeremiah! We should not let the things of this world get to us and lead our lives. God should be leading out lives, cause these lives really aint ours!

No one is like you, O Lord;
you are great,
and you name is mighty in power.

Jeremiah 10:6 NIV

For the personal explination. The Lords name alone places him in all control and power. So my question is, why do we ever question that?

The bellows blow fiecley
to burn away the lead with fire,
but the refining goes on in vain;
the wicked are not purged out.

Jeremiah 6:29 NIV

Pretty self-explanitory i think. people in general don’t want to be “clenzed”. but when you mention somthing to them, the fire gets hotter and the lead starts to melt. well that’s all i have to say about that.

They are armed with bow and spear;
they are cruel and show no mercey.
They sound like the roaring sea
as they ride on their horses;
they come like men in battle formation
to attack you, O Daughter of Zion.

Jeremiah 6:23 NIV

this verse taken out of context can mean a bunch of things. in context it is just telling the isrealite’s about what is gonna happen. for some odd reason, i got the sence that it was talking about evil friends that really don’t care about you, just what they can get from you. gold diggers. so beware of those types of people.

“A horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land:
The prophets prophey lies, the priests rule by their own athority,
and my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?”
Jeremiah 5:30-31 NIV

Sounds like todays society and reminds me of the Green Day song “In the End” and the line “I hope I won’t be there in the end when you come around!” Society is goin down the drain and half of us are goin with it and don’t even know when were doin it. There are many paths that this pertains to but a major one i see is Hypocracy, do as i say not as i do (which was the third reason the verses stopped for two weeks). I was talking to a couple of friends tonight and that subject came up and i thought “how often do i fall into that?” cause i try not to. So i would ask you all to keep if no one else but youself and me on track to not follow society in it’s fale prophesy and self-imaging rule by calling one another e-mailing one another and forgiving them of anything that they have done to you or others.

“You say one of the biggest problems in this galaxy is that no one ever helps each other…”
- Anakin Skywalker, Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace