Moving through bad days (Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28)
Jeremiah’s ministry bleeds into his humanity.
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Chamomile tea with honey and lemon. Put on some Nina Simone or Beautiful Chorus or John Coltrane or Beverly Glenn-Copeland or Lizz Wright. Make sure the windows are cracked and there is fresh air. Slowly, deeply breathe in: one-two-three-four. Exhale: one-two-three-four-five-six. Journal and keep writing until you see your way through the thicket of this. See and hear and write. Say and say and say some more until you can empty the despair from your belly. Feel all of it. And pray if you can. If not, sigh long and deep sighs and trust that God knows how to interpret.
