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♪ Joy to the world, joy to you and me.  Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea, joy to you and me. ♪

This morning’s daily verse from Life 101.9 was a verse from the book of Jeremiah.  Human nature naturally leads us to belt out a few lines from the song by Three Dog Night when we hear his name, especially those of us who grew up in the 60s and 70s and probably our children too.  My grandchildren know several of the songs from then because I also belt out verses to them whenever I have the chance.  Take for example, one of our granddaughters has a friend whose name just happens to be “Roxanne”, and recently when our grandson mentioned something he wanted he was informed “♪Get a job♪.”

Anyways ….. the verse this morning was from Jeremiah 29:12-13:  In those days when you pray, I will listen.  If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.

As I sat at my desk pondering, I wondered why this was being said and to whom it was being said.  I went to my Kindle version of the Life Application Study Bible and opened the book of Jeremiah.  I started with the Introduction to refresh my memory and gleaned that he was not a bullfrog after all, he was a Prophet, and he was a “miserable failure.”  He had served as God’s spokesman to Judah for 40 years, but when he spoke “nobody listened”.  He was poor and underwent severe deprivation to deliver his prophecies.  In the eyes of the world, Jeremiah was not a success.  But in God’s eyes, Jeremiah was one of the most successful people in all of history.

Jeremiah had sent a letter from Jerusalem to the exiles taken by King Nebuchadnezzar to Babylon.  He told them the words God spoke to him informing them that after 70 years He would bring them back from captivity.  When they prayed, He would listen.

I’m not sure why my mind got hung up on that this morning, but I’m certain there was a reason, and more than likely I will never know what it was.

Gleaning away,

-dar