When I'm Exhausted
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The recording begins with an announcement about the church's upcoming event, 'Next,' designed to guide individuals in their journey to follow Jesus Christ. This event is scheduled for the following weekend. Concurrently, the church is preparing to launch a new campus in Plymouth on October 4th and 5th, coinciding with the start of a new sermon series titled 'Change Your Mind, Change Your Life,' which will address issues related to anxiety. The narrative then shifts to a motivational story about Diana Nyad, who, at the age of 64, successfully swam 110 miles from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage, achieving this feat after numerous attempts over 35 years. This story serves as an inspirational example of perseverance and determination. The discussion transitions to a biblical reflection on the prophet Jeremiah, who was tasked by God to warn the people of Judah about the consequences of their sins. Despite facing hostility and being thrown into a cistern, Jeremiah questioned God about the prosperity of the wicked. God's response was a challenge for Jeremiah to prepare for even greater trials, metaphorically described as racing against horses. This segment highlights themes of faith, endurance, and the struggle to understand divine justice. The recording weaves together these diverse topics, emphasizing the importance of spiritual growth, resilience, and the pursuit of understanding in the face of adversity. The narrative concludes with a call to action for the church community to engage with these initiatives and reflect on the lessons from Jeremiah's story, encouraging a deeper commitment to faith and personal development.
Action Points:
• Encourage people to sign up for the Next experience next weekend.
• Invite people to the new campus launch in Plymouth on October 4th and 5th.
• Encourage attendees to think about who they could invite to the new series starting October 4th.
Key Topics:
Introduction to Next Experience
• Next weekend, the church is offering an experience called Next to help people learn to follow Jesus Christ.
New Campus Launch and Series
• On October 4th and 5th, a new campus will launch in Plymouth, and a new series called 'Change Your Mind, Change Your Life' will begin, focusing on anxiety.
Diana Nyad's Swimming Achievement
• Diana Nyad became the first person to swim 110 miles from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage at age 64, after multiple attempts over 35 years.
Personal Reflection on Overcoming Challenges
• The speaker reflects on personal challenges faced as a senior pastor during COVID-19, feeling overwhelmed and exhausted.
Jeremiah's Mission and Challenges
• Jeremiah was sent by God to warn Judah of judgment due to their sins. He faced hostility and was thrown into a cistern.
Jeremiah's Complaint to God
• Jeremiah questioned why the wicked prosper and expressed his frustrations to God.
God's Response to Jeremiah
• God challenged Jeremiah to endure greater trials, using the metaphor of racing against horses.
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When I'm Exhausted
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Jason Strand - 00:01
All right, well, hey, everybody, welcome. New to our church. So good to have you with us today. Before I dive in. And if you are one of those people or if you're kind of a new believer or you're just looking for something of like, I just want to really dig a little, little deeper into my faith. We've been working on something over the course of the last year called Next. And it's an experience that we're offering next weekend where we're really helping people learn. What does it mean to follow Jesus Christ? It is not just a prayer of, okay, now I got that kind of taken care of, and now I get to go to heaven. But how do I follow Jesus with my life? How do I become a disciple of Christ? And so this is across all of our campuses. Would encourage you to sign up. You can see below me there on the lower third, the link to get to that, where you can sign up on our website, but would really love for you to consider being a part of this next weekend.
Jason Strand - 00:59
Then, on october fourth and fifth, we are launching a new campus in Plymouth. And we are so excited to see what God is going to do in Plymouth. That same weekend, we are beginning a new series called change your mind, change your life. If you could change the way that you think, it might just change your life. And that open weekend is on the topic of anxiety. It's a topic that so many people need to hear a message about today. And so the question I want to ask you is, who could you invite? October fourth.
Jason Strand - 01:48
God wants to do so that God can speak to them. So I want to encourage you to be praying and thinking, who could I invite? October fourth. On august thirty first, twenty thirteen, there was a woman named Diana Nyad who attempted to become the first person to swim one hundred ten miles from the coast of Cuba to the coast of Florida without being in a shark cage. The first time that she tried this swim, she was twenty eight years old, but a strong wind blew her off course. The second time that she had attempted this swim was thirty three years later. Thirty three years later, at the age of sixty one, she attempted the swim again, but this time, after being in the water for twenty nine hours, she had an asthma attack and was forced to quit. One month later, she tried to do this swim again. This time she was stung by a shell jellyfish. Turn to the person next to you and say, we ain't doing that.
Jason Strand - 02:52
If I got stung by a box jellyfish, I am out. I am so out. A box jellyfish has the deadliest poison on earth. Today, ninety percent of human beings who are stung by one end up losing their life. In Diana Nyad's case, she had a doctor in the boat next to her who immediately jumped into the water to administer medicine. And then the doctor got stung by a box jellyfish. Both of them were in the water screaming. Somehow both survived and Diana Nyatt actually attempted to complete that swim and only stopped when she was stung later again by another box jellyfish. One year later and now she's sixty three years old attempting this swim for the fourth time. She had to quit after a tropical storm and nine box jellyfish. Fish stings. At the age of sixty four, she attempted this swim for a fifth time. I want to show you the local newscast talking about this upcoming swim.
Jason Strand - 04:03
Take a look now.
TV Reporter 1 - 04:05
A sixty four year old US swimmer is heading to Florida. It's Diana Nyad's final attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida. All the way from Cuba to Florida. She expects to make the one hundred ten mile swim in about eighty hours. She'll have a support team with her. If Nyad succeeds, she will become the record holder for the longest unassisted open ocean swim.
Diana Nyad - 04:28
I hope next time I see you and beaches celebrate instead of to say.
Jason Strand - 04:31
Oh here we go again.
Diana Nyad - 04:34
It's the last time. For one hundred percent this is the end of the journey as they say.
Jason Strand - 04:38
Wow.
TV Reporter - 04:38
Nyad has tried to make the swim for the past two years, suffering from exhaustion and dangerous jellyfish encounters. This time around, Nyad will be wearing a protective mask and a prosthetic mouthpiece to help keep the jellyfish away. But that does not protect against sharks. Terrifying.
Jason Strand - 04:54
It loved to almost hear her processing out loud. She's like wait a minute. But that doesn't protect you against sharks. But this time, thirty five years after Diane and I had first attempted this swim, she became the first ever person to swim the one hundred ten miles from the coast of Cuba to the coast of Florida. Here's what she said after this was done. She said, I remember coming out and seeing the faces of the crowd on the beach. Just so emotionally wrought. I realized afterwards that they weren't weeping because somebody set some sports record. They were weeping because they saw someone who refused to give up. And everyone has experiences of that, whether it's fighting cancer or raising a difficult child or whatever. When you feel like giving up, will you give it one more swim? Will you refuse to give up? I mentioned last week and I became senior pastor of this church one week before COVID hit and thirteen Weeks into the job, I wrote down in my journal, I've been on this job for thirteen weeks.
Jason Strand - 06:08
And then right below that, I said, I don't think I'm going to make it another thirteen. I was so overwhelmed. I was so exhausted, I just wanted to quit. In fact, I can remember one specific day where I was praying, God, please have nobody text me or email me. Just need one day. I need one day where there's not an announcement in the news that forces us to change our plans. I just need one day where there's not a catastrophe that I have to deal with via text message or email. God, just give me one day. Felt so overwhelmed. Felt like I wanted to quit. Is there anywhere in your life right now where you feel that way? Is there any area of your life right now where you are so stressed, you are so overwhelmed, you feel so defeated, so helpless, so tired? And everything in you says, I just want to quit today. Called Best Laid Plans. And it's based on a book in the Old Testament called Jeremiah.
Jason Strand - 07:07
And Jeremiah was a prophet sent by God to speak to God's people. And Jeremiah was alive during the last decade of the nation of Judah. Israel was one nation. They split apart into a northern kingdom and a southern kingdom. The northern kingdom, Israel tended to kind of drift away from God for many years, had some kings that led them that way. The southern kingdom of Judah tended to be the one that was more faithful to God. But now the southern kingdom of Judah was ignoring God. They were worshiping false gods. And God sent the prophet Jeremiah to speak to them and say, if you continue, there is going to be judgment. There's going to be judgment for your sin. In fact, God, speaking through Jeremiah, said that he was going to raise up the nation of Babylon, powerful, wicked nation, to come in, wipe out Jerusalem, take God's people into captivity, okay?
Jason Strand - 08:03
And so God gave Jeremiah hardest assignment, a hard assignment to speak to people who didn't want to listen, to speak to people who despised him, who hated him. In fact, at one point, Jeremiah was thrown into what was called a cistern, okay? Which is like a well. There was no water in this well. It was just mud. And he was left down in the cistern, we think, for days, weeks, maybe even months. And that brings us to Jeremiah, chapter twelve.
Jason Strand - 08:32
Jeremiah is getting more and more frustrated. He's feeling more and more defeated. And here's what he says to God. He says, let me bring this complaint before you. And people wonder, can I. Can I tell God what I'm really feeling? Can I tell God, what my complaints are, and my answer is yes.
Jason Strand - 08:50
All throughout the Bible, men like Jeremiah and David would bring their complaints and their frustrations to God. Now, when I do this with God, I don't. I try not to at least come before him, be like, what are you doing?
Jason Strand - 09:02
Like, he's a holy man.
Jason Strand - 09:05
I do. And so I want to approach him with a certain amount of respect, a certain amount of fearing the Lord. But Jeremiah brings his complaint to God, and God is big enough to handle that complaint, says, let me bring this complaint before you, Lord. Why are the wicked so prosperous? Why are evil people so happy? Your name is on their lips, but far from their hearts.
Jason Strand - 09:30
These are questions that people are still asking today. Why are evil people so happy?
Jason Strand - 09:38
Why are some of them so prosperous? Why is it that there might be a kid at your school and you look at them and you go, they don't even like you at all, God. They ignore you. But they seem to have a lot of friends and be really popular. Maybe there's someone in your circle of influence. And why are they so prosperous? They lack integrity, do some shady business deals. How come everything they touch turns to gold? God, I don't get it. And notice how Jeremiah describes these people. He says that God's name is on their lips, but is far from their heart. These are people who say, I'm a Christian, being the big guy. We're tight, me and big guy. You know, we're good. That they say that they're a Christian. They say that they follow God, but his name is on their lips. His spirit is not in their heart. It's possible to have God's name on your lips, but have his spirit to be far from your heart.
Jason Strand - 10:36
Jeremiah goes on in his talking to God. He says, drag these people away like sheep to be butchered. Imagine if you're like in small group and you're all praying in a circle. Guy next to you is like, lord, butcher them like sheep. I'd be like. My eye would kind of go open a little bit. I'm like, wait a minute, what's going on? Let's talk after we're done praying here, right? Like, this is a pretty honest prayer. Now, I want to read to you how God responded to Jeremiah. But before I do, I want you just to guess what you think he's going to say. Just take a moment. What would you expect God to say to someone who's, you know, feel like they want to quit and they're really overwhelmed. What do you think is going to say? Here's how God responded to Jeremiah. He says this. If racing against mere men makes you tired, how will you race against horses? Let me translate this for you from the Hebrew.
Jason Strand - 11:32
Toughen up, buttercup. That's not what I expected God to say. What I expected God to say was, oh, Jeremiah, that was so hard. You know, you got such a hard assignment. You're telling people about me and they're not listening and they despise you, they reject you. I'm so sor. That's what I expected him to say. Instead, he says, if running with mere men makes you tired, how are you going to be able to run with horses? What does that even mean? I did some research this week. The fastest human being on record is Usain Bolt. He got up to a speed of twenty seven miles per hour during a one hundred meter dash race in two thousand nine. A domestic cat, the fastest domestic cat on record got up to a speed of thirty miles per hour. Your cat is faster than you. No wonder he's so cocky about everything. The fastest dog is a greyhound. It can go up to speeds of forty five miles per hour.
Jason Strand - 12:34
And the fastest horse is a thoroughbred, also can get up to above speeds of forty five miles per hour. This past summer, I took my thirteen year old son Jasper out to Montana and South Dakota for a father son trip. And this is just really a side note, but as a parent, this was one of the best things I've ever done. I wish I, I would have done this for my older two kids because I had him read a book on stepping into manhood, stepping into an adult. And there was four battles that every young man must win. Self image, screens, substances, sexual purity. And we talked about those things on the drive out to Montana. When we got to Montana, we went horseback riding. And I don't know what you think of when you think of horseback riding. I think of like a family camp where they put the little kid on the horse and they walk them down, walk them back, or you're on a trail ride, you just kind of walk the horse.
Jason Strand - 13:23
This was not that, this was me, Jasper and one guy and we crossed the Little Bighorn river at one point. I never crossed a river on a horse. There was a rattlesnake in front of me. And so our guide was like, quick, you gotta move your horse over. There's a rattlesnake right there. Jasper brought his horse to a gallop. He got stuck behind us as we kicked the Horse, and he was in a full gallop catching up to us. But each of us was on a horse and our horse had a name. And I'm gonna read to you. I'm gonna tell you the names of the three horses plus our guide. And you have to try to guess what the name of our guide was. I've asked several people this question. There's only one person who's gotten it right. It was John Alexander. I am going to read to you the names of three horses, one person, in no particular order, which is the name of our guide. The four names were Nike, Cotton, Tommy, and Grip.
Jason Strand - 14:17
Nike, Cotton, Tommy and Grip, which was the name of our guy. The answer is that I was riding a horse named Tommy. Jasper, my son, was riding a horse named Grip. Our guide, named Cotton, was riding a horse named Nike. I thought Cotton was, you know, it kind of could be a horse name. Great cool human name too, because he was like, my name's Cotton.
Jason Strand - 14:43
The reason why his horse. What you guess?
Jason Strand - 14:52
Like high thirty miles per hour. So thirty six, thirty nine miles per hour. Which means that this random horse that I ran to in Montana this summer was thirteen miles faster than the fastest human being who's ever lived, Usain Bolt. When God says to Jeremiah, if you're tired now running with mere men, how are you going to keep up with horses? Here's what he means. It's going to get worse. If you think you're tired right now, just you wait. You're going to be exhausted because things are going to get worse. And that was true, Gerald. Jeremiah was going to be beaten and despised because of the words that he was speaking. He was going to get thrown into a cistern and left there. The nation of Babylon was going to sweep in, destroy Jerusalem, destroy the temple, take God's people into captivity. Let me give you like a modern day example of this. This would be like another nation like China invading the United States, destroying New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Minneapolis, destroying Chur and taking people back into captivity to live as slaves for servants in China.
Jason Strand - 16:12
That is what is about to happen to the nation of Judah. And so God says to the prophet Jeremiah, hey, if you think things are bad now, just you wait. I wish that I could tell you that our world is going to get better. But a couple weeks ago, there was little kids at a church, at a school right here in Minnesota who were shot. Some of them were killed. And now this week on my phone, I watched Charlie Kirk, a thirty one year old father of two assassinated on a college campus. And you might wonder how does that kind of thing keep happening over and over again? And the answer is sin. The answer is Genesis, chapter three. Just a ancient story. It explains the evil and darkness that exists in our world today. The Bible says that our battle is not against flesh and blood. Our battle against is against the rulers and principalities of this dark world. That there is an evil and a darkness that exists in our world today.
Jason Strand - 17:30
And I wish I could tell you it's going to get better. But this is one of the things that I love about the Bible is it's so real what Jesus said, He said, in this world you will have trouble. And you do. Maybe today you feel helpless, you feel hopeless, you feel fearful or anxious. And those are some of the things that Jeremiah felt as well. Jeremiah looked around at his world and he said, what's going on? Why is there so much violence? Why is there so much wickedness? Why is there so much evil? Why are all these things happening? And why is it that people who are evil and oppose you, God? How come some of them are so prosperous and successful? How come? And he felt overwhelmed and he felt helpless and he felt defeated and he felt like he wanted to quit. And he didn't quit. He prayed. He kept speaking God's word, he kept sharing the gospel. He did not quit. And so today I want to give you some hope.
Jason Strand - 18:41
Two ways to have hope when you feel like if you want to quit. The first one is this. Don't write God out of your story. Don't write God out of your story. In nineteen forty, there was three hundred thirty eight thousand British soldiers that were stuck between the German forces, the Nazi army and the English Channel. They were on a beach called Dunkirk and they were pinned down. France had just fallen. Now it appeared that these soldiers were going to be defeated and London and England were going to fall as well. And so Winston Churchill went to King George and he said, we might be able to save thirty thousand of these soldiers, but we can only get a certain amount of ships onto the English Channel because of water conditions. And so about three hundred thousand of them are going to lose their lives and London and England are going to fall. And so King George got on the radio and he spoke to every person in London and England and he called for a national day of prayer.
Jason Strand - 19:44
People responded, churches were full, people were fasting and praying for God to do a miracle. Shortly thereafter, there was a violent storm that broke out over Dunkirk beach and it grounded The German air force that had been bombing the British soldiers. And around the same time, there was a dramatic change in the conditions of the English Channel. And now they were able to get many boats on there, and they saved all three hundred thirty eight thousand British soldiers. Winston Churchill went on the radio and declared it the Miracle of Dunkirk. It's actually such an inspiring story, they made a movie about it. But if you watch the movie, I'll warn you, they left out the best part. There's no mention whatsoever of the National Day of Prayer. In fact, if you Google Miracle of Dunkirk, you won't find anything about the National Day of Prayer.
Jason Strand - 20:45
You have to Google Miracle of Dunkirk, National Day of Prayer to even know that it happened. In history, it's easy to write God out of the story. Maybe today you feel a little like those soldiers on the beach. You feel pinned down, you feel helpless, you feel defeated. And I want to remind you today, don't write God out of your spirit. God tells Jeremiah after he says he better learn to run with horses. He tells them, yes, I'm going to uproot the nation of Judah. I'm going to take many of them off into captivity in Babylon. But here's what you need to know, Jeremiah. As hard as it's going to be over here, I'm going to use it for good over there. There's going to be men like Daniel and Shadrach and Meshach and Abednego, who it talks about in the Book of Daniel in the Old Testament. They're going to be taken into captivity in Babylon and they're going to live lives of integrity, and they're going to be a light in a dark place.
Jason Strand - 21:44
And even the rulers of Babylon are going to come to know the true, living God. Because of men like Daniel. Something is going to be so bad over here, I'm going to use it for so much good there. And then God says this to Jeremiah. He says, but afterwards I will return and have compassion on all of them. I will bring them home.
Jason Strand - 22:08
And if these nations learn the ways of my people, and if they learn to swear by my name, then they will be given a place among my people. Here was the question that came to mind as I read through this. What is God trying to teach you right now? Yes, you're in a difficult season. Yes, you might have some fears. Yes, you might feel a little overwhelmed or tired. You may feel helpless or defeated. But what is God trying to teach your life? Maybe it's patience. Maybe it's faithfulness. Maybe it's perseverance. What is God trying to teach you in your life? What is he trying to get your attention about? And is it possible that something that is so painful and horrific over here could be used by God for something so good over there? Is it possible that other people can watch you deal with adversity and hang on to Jesus Christ and go, wow, that's what it means to follow Christ and sign me up?
Jason Strand - 23:08
Is it possible that God could use the death of one person over here to see hundreds, maybe thousands of millions of young people come to faith in Christ over here? Don't write God out of the story. Second way to have some hope when you're feeling defeated. Is this to see problems as an opportunity for God to show his power? What is your biggest problem right now? You want to help the person next to you? Maybe it's a health issue, maybe it's a relationship in your life. Your problems are an opportunity for God to show his power. Because here's what I know about God. He can run with the horses. Look at what it says in the book of Isaiah. Even youths grow tired and weary and young men stumble and fall. But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not be faint.
Jason Strand - 24:16
Talked to a man one time business leader, CEO. He told me he had to take three ambience just to sleep four hours at night. So exhausted, so overwhelmed. Talk to a young college student who, even though he was young, felt overwhelmed and tired and weary with life. Maybe you feel a little bit of I don't mean this to be cliche or trite, but look at the verse again. Hope in the Lord. Don't put your hope in another person. Don't put your hope in something else in this world. Put your hope in the Lord. In fact, here's what I want to say to you today. Never let the presence of a problem cause you doubt the presence of God. Never let the power of a problem cause you to doubt the power of God. God never downplays Jeremiah's problems. But what if our problems are an opportunity to put our hope in the Lord? What if our problems are an opportunity for God to display his power?
Jason Strand - 25:19
In his book Stress Less, author Charles Stone writes these words. He says, refrain the stress inducing experience as a challenge rather than a threat. In other words, if you're dealing with stress right now, your tendency naturally is to feel anxious and fearful and control the situation. He says instead, see it as a challenge the problem is still there, but you'll experience a peace as you tackle that challenge. You might be listening to this and you're like, come on man, I'm a double major, I got three part time jobs, I'm a single parent. I mean, I'm just so overwhelmed and yes, but Jeremiah was a prophet sent by God to speak to people who despised him, who hated him, who shouted him down, who beat him. In verse six, here's what God says to Jeremiah. Even your brothers, members of your own family, have turned against you. He never downplayed his problems.
Jason Strand - 26:19
But what God said to Jeremiah is even in those problems. I am going to use you to speak to an entire nation. I got a letter from a friend after a message that I gave about a month ago. And he wrote this to me. He said, you may or not remember this, but seven years ago today, I reached out to you as I was entering treatment for alcohol addiction. I carried your words with me ever since. And it's been a source of hope in my journey. It hasn't been easy, but it has changed everything in my life for the best. Friends have been lost, relationships have changed, my circle is smaller. But most important, my family life is amazing. And I read that in my office and I was emotional because I know this guy, I know his family. Seven years from now, your life could be in such a different place. But you have to hope in the Lord. You have to put your hope and your trust in Him. I love this verse from Psalm thirty four, verse nineteen.
Jason Strand - 27:37
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. The two things I notice about this verse is that righteous people experience afflictions. Just because you're right with God doesn't mean that you're not going to have any problems or issues in life. Just because people are righteous doesn't mean there won't be problems and sinful things in our world. But notice the promise that if you are righteous, if you are right with God, he will deliver you from them all. You can hope in that. You can put your hope in the Lord, that no matter what it is that you're experiencing or feeling right now, that he is going to deliver you. But this is a promise for people who are righteous. Maybe you're here today for the first time, or maybe you're just checking out church and you want to know, how do I get right with God? How do I become righteous?
Jason Strand - 28:39
It's not by doing more good works.
Jason Strand - 28:44
Or saying that of those Things. Here's how a person, they put their faith.
Jason Strand - 28:55
We give up our sin and we receive as a free gift the righteousness of Jesus Christ.
Jason Strand - 29:03
He paid the penalty that we could not pay for ourselves. We receive his grace and his forgiveness. And so when God looks at you, he doesn't see the sin of your life. He sees the righteousness of Jesus Christ covering your sin. So today, for some of you, I believe that God brought you to church to say, this is the moment in your life to get right with God. This is the moment to say, God, I put my faith and my trust in Jesus Christ, and I am going to be again to follow him with my life. I want to pray across all of our campuses for you. Let's pray together. God, there might be someone here who today just said, I'm going to go to church. And I haven't been to church in a long time. And, God, they want to be right with you. They want to be that righteous person who can hope in you and know that you deliver them. So right now, God, in the quietness of their mind, they're just going to pray these words.
Jason Strand - 30:10
Lord, I confess my sin to you. I confess that I have ignored you. Confess that I've worshiped and loved the things of this world more than I have loved you. But right now, in this moment, God, I believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross to pay the penalty for my sins that I could not pay for myself. And I put my hope in him. I put my trust in him. Right now, God, I ask for the free gift of eternal life and of your grace and your forgiveness. God, there might be others of us here for whatever reason. Maybe it's something in our personal life, maybe it's something going on in the world, and we feel a sense of anxiety and fear and helplessness. That's how Jeremiah felt.
Jason Strand - 31:03
You gave him a heart assignment and you've given us, in many cases, a heart assignment. There are people out there, God, who need to know about Jesus Christ. And I pray that you would use us, God, I pray that you would use us to invite, to talk, to share, to pray that we would not quit whatever it is that we're facing right now. God, as we hope in you, as we trust in you, we cling to the promise that you will deliver us from them all. Every affliction that we face, God, at one point in our life, at some point in the future, you will deliver us from them all. We hold on to that promise today. It's in Jesus name that we pray.
Jason Strand - 31:43
If you prayed that prayer, text the word begin to seven seven, eight. Eight, eight. We'll see you next weekend.
When I'm Exhausted
Jason Strand | Sept. 14, 2025
Diana Nyad Swim from Cuba to FL. She did the 110 miles swim. They were crying because they saw someone who refused to give up.
I Just Want to Quit!
Jeremiah 12:1-2
God gave Jeremiah a hard assignment. Can I tell God my complaints and frustration? YES
God, I do not understand why they prosper.
Jeremiah 12:3 - Butcher them like sheep.
Jeremiah 12:5 - God says "Toughen up, Butterrcup."
Fastest:
Human 27 mph
Cat 30 mph
Dog 45 mph
Hourse 45 mph
Four battles that every man must win.
Names: Nite - horse, Cotton - Guide, Tommy - house, Grip - horse
Things are going to get worse!
Psalm 34:19
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