S10E18: Creation at Risk (Season of Creation pt. 4)

Sermon #356

(This series from 2019 has previously not been published)

In the week before this sermon was delivered, on Wedenesday, September 18, 2019, my sister Susan died.  She was my only sibling, and she was very young, only 44 years old.  Many people suggested that I take the week off from preaching to allow myself time to grieve.  And yet, this message is a perfect message for expressing my grief over my sister, because the text in Jeremiah is a lament over Jerusalem, over the loss of a major touchstone of life.  We as Christians often think we are not to grieve, but Paul tells us we are not to grieve as those with no hope.  We have a hope, a hope of eternal life given in Jesus Christ.  And so, while I miss my sister, I know that I will see her again in eternity.  She loved the Lord and had faith in Him for forgiveness.  But in this season of loss, there is grief.  There is lament.   

Jeremiah 8:18-9:1

Recorded at Hudson UMC on September 22, 2019 (Previously unpublished)

In memory of Susan Jane Walker

S.D.G.