Ezekiel 20:21
21But the children rebelled against me; they did not follow my statutes, and were not careful to observe my ordinances, by whose observance everyone shall live; they profaned my sabbaths. Then I thought I would pour out my wrath upon them and spend my anger against them in the wilderness.
Several times in this passage, both before and after the verse quoted above, the Lord says, "Then I thought..." and finishes it by saying, "But I didn't." In similar fashion to all the ways that we want the Lord to smite those who do not follow the statutes and commands, it's the big wind up to what we think will be a ka-pow, and actually ends up being just a big sigh. There are all of these things that the people do wrong, and you really think that God's going to knock them out of the park... and then doesn't.
We're thankful for the ways that God honors the covenant that God makes, because as God's people, we struggle to keep our end. And God's forgiveness and love keeps coming back, over and over and over and over... Amen.
Peace,
Pastor Jenn
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