Contemplative Bible Reading

Jeremiah 10:24-25 (New Living Translation)

24 So correct me, Lord, but please be gentle.
Do not correct me in anger, for I would die.
25 Pour out your wrath on the nations that refuse to acknowledge you—
on the peoples that do not call upon your name.
For they have devoured your people Israel[c];
they have devoured and consumed them,
making the land a desolate wilderness.

Jeremiah was a godly man. He served the LORD with his life. Note, however, his prayer:

God, it is okay that you correct me for my sins, but please take it easy on me. Now those other folks, hammer them into the ground for their sins.

Perhaps I am being a bit harsh on Jeremiah, but look at his words.

Perhaps Jeremiah reminds me of me a little too much.

God, help me to grant grace to others in just a tiny bit the way that you show grace to miserable me.