Most gracious and holy God we give you humble thanks for being our creator and for loving us even before our birth. Grant us a sense of your abiding grace and presence that we may know with certainty the depths of your peace. Give us ears to hear your call and hearts that are eager to respond. All this we ask through your beloved Son, our Lord, Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God now and forever.
Births are wonderful and significant events.
Often times there is a heartwarming, anxious or even humorous story behind a person s birth. Today s Old Testament reading speaks about another more significant birth. It is the story of God s call and commissioning of the prophet Jeremiah. I hope that by studying God s call to Jeremiah we too might understand and heed the call Christ has in our own lives. Today I would like to explore who was this weeping prophet, the significance of God s call to Jeremiah, his response and finally the implications for us.