Jeremiah - Willing to Stand

He hated the limelight but was constantly in the news.  He loved the simple life, yet his was often conflicted and confusing.  He preferred the country but had to live in the city.  He felt inadequate as a public spokesman, yet he spent his life confronting world leaders.  His name: Jeremiah.  If you check that name in a dictionary, you will discover that based on the life of a seventh century B.C. prophet in Judah, a Jeremiah is “one who is pessimistic about the present and foresees a calamitous future.”