Today I wrestled with the idea of being deceived by God. I was reading through Jeremiah 20:7 and in amidst the laments of Jeremiah, he asks God… God did you deceive me and I was deceived? This is where my tension began, because when I was going through my hard times of December, I was upset with God because I felt like God did deceive me. That God had laid me in the ruins and I was in pain because of where God had lead me.

But now, I can see it. the best way to really deal with any lament to God, is time. I know that amidst the trials it seems forever. But even when Jeremiah felt deceived it lead him to real answers from God. I do believe that there is a great truth in this. We must follow after God, even amidst our laments because it only God that can offer us the perspective on our laments.

more thoughts about this later.