Sunday, October 17 Jehovah is merciful and compassionate . . . He will not always find fault, nor will he stay resentful forever.​—Ps. 103:8, 9.

[Áine]

Sunday, October 17

Jehovah is merciful and compassionate . . . He will not always find fault, nor will he stay resentful forever.—Ps. 103:8, 9.

 

Jeremiah wrote the book named after him, and he likely also wrote the Bible books of 1 and 2 Kings. That assignment no doubt made him especially aware of Jehovah’s mercy toward imperfect humans. For example, he knew that when King Ahab repented of his bad deeds, Jehovah spared him from seeing his entire family destroyed during his lifetime. (1 Ki. 21:27-29) Similarly, Jeremiah knew that Manasseh did even more to offend Jehovah than Ahab did. Even so, Jehovah forgave Manasseh because he repented. (2 Ki. 21:16, 17; 2 Chron. 33:10-13) Those accounts must have helped Jeremiah to imitate God’s patience and mercy. Consider how Jeremiah dealt with Baruch when he temporarily became distracted in his assignment. Instead of quickly giving up on his friend, Jeremiah helped Baruch by sharing God’s kind but frank message with him.—Jer. 45:1-5. w19.11 6 ¶14-15

[Vinnie]

Sometimes if we get resentful or upset at someone, we might say we forgive them but hold back in giving them any help. Deep down we may say, I'll treat them like a brother or sister in the congregation and that's all, nothing more. How different Jehovah is and we are happy he is so much greater than our hearts and teaches us to imitate him by the example he shows.

[Áine]

9 hours ago, Vinnie said:

Sometimes if we get resentful or upset at someone, we might say we forgive them but hold back in giving them any help. Deep down we may say, I'll treat them like a brother or sister in the congregation and that's all, nothing more. How different Jehovah is and we are happy he is so much greater than our hearts and teaches us to imitate him by the example he shows.

That’s a lovely example ☺️