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REV WILLIE BOTHA
Drought...
READ: Jeremiah14; 1 Cor 13:9-12; Rom 8:28; Rom 5:1-5; Rom 8:35-39
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eremiah 14 is a lamentation
about drought. In the first
part the prophet describes the
realities of drought in a touching manner: Ordinary people are
dressed in mourning attire, the
noble send their slaves to draw
water from the well, but they
return dismayed and despairing.
Farmers are without hope, their
heads hanging. The doe deserts
her newborn fawn for the sake of
survival. Even the wild