One Verse Devotional

When you completely trust that God can take care of you and has your back, you can truly surrender to His will and take comfort in your future. Jeremiah was an Old Testament prophet who knew a little something about pain. Life was often not what he had expected. There is even a time when he is talking to God and says, “You deceived me.” Now, that takes some guts! Especially in the OT when God was known to open the earth and swallow people inside! But Jeremiah had a pretty cool relationship with God. That doesn’t mean things were easy. Jeremiah is known as the “weeping prophet.” Yet, in today’s One Verse devotional, Jeremiah begins his prayer with this: “Ah, Sovereign Lord…” I love that! He acknowledges how great God is right out of the gate. Sovereign. But I loved how he opens with almost a sigh. Ah. When I read this verse, I get the sense that Jeremiah is finally understanding how much God loves him and is willing to take care of him. Ah. He begins his prayer with a sigh, a deep breath. One of both comfort a