If you are anything like me, you disobey God. You neglect God. You put God to the test. You stray from God. I know this is how I am…almost constantly. Lately I have been very discouraged. I have been stressed all day long, all week long, all month long. The cares of life have been weighing down my soul.

I needed to do something to rekindle the fire in my soul. I needed some way to remind myself to seek God. So, I bought a coffee maker with a timer option. This morning it started brewing coffee at 6:30 am. By 7am, the smell of coffee had awakened me, but remembering the coffee maker had a two hour warming mode… I stayed in bed. 7:15am, my hubby woke me, “Let’s do our morning devotion.” He said. Praise God for husbands.

 Jeremiah 31:18+19 is me. I am Ephraim. This is my prayer. These words are the words I want to fall upon the ears of the Almighty:

“… ‘You disciplined me like an unruly calf, and I have been disciplined. Restore me, and I will return, because you are the LORD my God. After I strayed,  I repented; after I came to understand, I beat my breast. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’”

 Jeremiah 31:20 are God’s words to me.

“Is not Ephraim my dear son, the child in whom I delight? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore my heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.

I fail miserably. God remembers me. God still has great compassion for me. God, give me the grace to obey you today, for your kindness leads me to repentance.