Sue J Love
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Jeremiah 32:21-24 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
“21You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror. 22You gave them this land that You had sworn to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
“23They came in and possessed it, but they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your law. They failed to perform all that You commanded them to do, and so You have brought upon them all this disaster. 24See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see!”
Introduction
The Lord is leading me today to use a real life physical situation in my life metaphorically to illustrate what this is talking about in this passage of Scripture. This is to be seen as a parable only to illustrate what this is teaching us above and not to be taken literally as a cause and effect in my own life situation. And I have had times in my life previously, a long time ago, when this could be applied to my life, but this is not one of them. So please understand that this is for illustrative purposes only. Thank you!
My Knee Went Out
The year was 2021. The month was August. My husband Rick and I had been busy helping our youngest son to get his house ready to sell, so we were not home much at all for a few months. We live in an apartment. The apartment adjacent to us was empty. Then we discovered mice feces in our drawers and cupboards, and under our sink and cabinets and dishwasher, refrigerator, and stove. And then we found the mice, too, and we killed them, and we set traps for them, and eventually they were all gone.
But in the process of dealing with all of this, and cleaning it all up, I got very ill. So I began to do some research, and I learned that my symptoms matched the diagnosis of “Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome.” But this was prime Covid time, and so many people were being put on ventilators at hospitals for respiratory issues, and many of them were dying. And the only solution they had for HPS, if this is what I had, was that exact treatment. So I decided if I was going to die that I would rather die at home. But I didn’t.
I am still here to write this. And I did start feeling better. But then in November of 2021, we went to the home of one of our children for a family Thanksgiving meal. I was still drained of physical energy. I went outside to take something to the car when my right leg went completely out from under me. I could not walk. So I sat down in the car to wait for my husband to come rescue me. And he took me home, and he had to help me to walk. And then I had to use a walker and eventually I got better, but not best.
Here we are in August of 2026, five years later, and the knee is still not best. It has not completely gone out on me again, but it is not fully functional, either. I still use a rollator (walker) when out in public because I lose my balance sometimes and sometimes I get dizzy, out of breath, and very fatigued. But the only solution any doctor has for this is physical therapy and/or taking drugs. The Lord led me to become pharmaceutical dependent free 18 years ago and PT just made matters much worse. So that’s out!
My dependency is fully in the Lord to see me through each day and to give me the strength and energy I need to do His will. My trust is in Him and not in man to “save” me. But I cannot do all the things I used to do before. But I am okay with that. I believe the Lord has me where He has me for a purpose, and my job each day is just to follow His lead, to write what He gives me to write, and to do the things He would have for me to do. And that also gives me time with my husband, children, and grandchildren, too.
The Parallel to The Scripture
The Lord brought the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt and He gave them a new place to live, as He promised. The Lord brought my husband and I out of our previous residence, and He gave us a new place to live. And spiritually speaking, the Lord provided the way for all to come out from our lives of living in sin, and He gave us a new place to live in communion with Him, in surrender to His will, in dying with Him to sin, and to now live to Him and to His righteousness in walks of obedience to His commands, by His grace.
My husband and I were not home much, for we were spending much time elsewhere. And because of that our kitchen began to be filled with mice feces. And mice are vermin, and vermin are like rats or cockroaches, for they can carry diseases. As people, they are dishonest, morally unclean, liars, fakes, and manipulative. And a kitchen is where food is prepared and eaten. And our spiritual food is the word of God. So this is about false teachers teaching lies. And the lies have the potential to bring about death.
Not being home much can indicate neglecting the Lord and His Word and obedience to Him. And our knees usually symbolize what we get down on in worship of God, which physically I can no longer do, but spiritually I am able. If we do not spiritually bow our knees to the Lord in worship of Him, that opens the door wide for these vermin (the false teachers and teachings) to enter into our relationships with the Lord, and so we end up eating spiritual food which has been compromised which can then lead to death.
But the people did not obey God’s voice. They did not walk in His law. They did not walk in the ways of the Lord in obedience to His commands. For they believed the lies of the enemy, instead. They were feeding on the vermin’s feces, metaphorically speaking, and so spiritually they got very ill. And the Lord allowed disaster to come upon them as He will upon us if we forsake the ways of the Lord, and if we eat the “vermin’s feces” instead of the truth of God’s word, and if our trust is in man and not in God to save us.
Over the past twenty five years, spiritually speaking, my dependency has been in the Lord more than it ever was before in my life. I have remained true to His word, and I have not rebelled against the Lord. There were times in my life before this when I could not say that, in truth. But the trials and tribulations of my life were instrumental to bringing me to this place. And, just as I do not depend on drugs and doctors to be my solution to my physical health, my trust is fully in the Lord to direct me in His ways.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]
They Do Not Obey God’s Voice
An Original Work / August 20, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
As the Deer
By Martin J. Nystrom
Based off Psalm 42:1
As the deer panteth for the water
So my soul longeth after You
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You
You alone are my strength, my shield
To You alone may my spirit yield
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You
[A Prayer of Devotion to God Alone]
“21You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror. 22You gave them this land that You had sworn to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
“23They came in and possessed it, but they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your law. They failed to perform all that You commanded them to do, and so You have brought upon them all this disaster. 24See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see!”
Introduction
The Lord is leading me today to use a real life physical situation in my life metaphorically to illustrate what this is talking about in this passage of Scripture. This is to be seen as a parable only to illustrate what this is teaching us above and not to be taken literally as a cause and effect in my own life situation. And I have had times in my life previously, a long time ago, when this could be applied to my life, but this is not one of them. So please understand that this is for illustrative purposes only. Thank you!
My Knee Went Out
The year was 2021. The month was August. My husband Rick and I had been busy helping our youngest son to get his house ready to sell, so we were not home much at all for a few months. We live in an apartment. The apartment adjacent to us was empty. Then we discovered mice feces in our drawers and cupboards, and under our sink and cabinets and dishwasher, refrigerator, and stove. And then we found the mice, too, and we killed them, and we set traps for them, and eventually they were all gone.
But in the process of dealing with all of this, and cleaning it all up, I got very ill. So I began to do some research, and I learned that my symptoms matched the diagnosis of “Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome.” But this was prime Covid time, and so many people were being put on ventilators at hospitals for respiratory issues, and many of them were dying. And the only solution they had for HPS, if this is what I had, was that exact treatment. So I decided if I was going to die that I would rather die at home. But I didn’t.
I am still here to write this. And I did start feeling better. But then in November of 2021, we went to the home of one of our children for a family Thanksgiving meal. I was still drained of physical energy. I went outside to take something to the car when my right leg went completely out from under me. I could not walk. So I sat down in the car to wait for my husband to come rescue me. And he took me home, and he had to help me to walk. And then I had to use a walker and eventually I got better, but not best.
Here we are in August of 2026, five years later, and the knee is still not best. It has not completely gone out on me again, but it is not fully functional, either. I still use a rollator (walker) when out in public because I lose my balance sometimes and sometimes I get dizzy, out of breath, and very fatigued. But the only solution any doctor has for this is physical therapy and/or taking drugs. The Lord led me to become pharmaceutical dependent free 18 years ago and PT just made matters much worse. So that’s out!
My dependency is fully in the Lord to see me through each day and to give me the strength and energy I need to do His will. My trust is in Him and not in man to “save” me. But I cannot do all the things I used to do before. But I am okay with that. I believe the Lord has me where He has me for a purpose, and my job each day is just to follow His lead, to write what He gives me to write, and to do the things He would have for me to do. And that also gives me time with my husband, children, and grandchildren, too.
The Parallel to The Scripture
The Lord brought the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt and He gave them a new place to live, as He promised. The Lord brought my husband and I out of our previous residence, and He gave us a new place to live. And spiritually speaking, the Lord provided the way for all to come out from our lives of living in sin, and He gave us a new place to live in communion with Him, in surrender to His will, in dying with Him to sin, and to now live to Him and to His righteousness in walks of obedience to His commands, by His grace.
My husband and I were not home much, for we were spending much time elsewhere. And because of that our kitchen began to be filled with mice feces. And mice are vermin, and vermin are like rats or cockroaches, for they can carry diseases. As people, they are dishonest, morally unclean, liars, fakes, and manipulative. And a kitchen is where food is prepared and eaten. And our spiritual food is the word of God. So this is about false teachers teaching lies. And the lies have the potential to bring about death.
Not being home much can indicate neglecting the Lord and His Word and obedience to Him. And our knees usually symbolize what we get down on in worship of God, which physically I can no longer do, but spiritually I am able. If we do not spiritually bow our knees to the Lord in worship of Him, that opens the door wide for these vermin (the false teachers and teachings) to enter into our relationships with the Lord, and so we end up eating spiritual food which has been compromised which can then lead to death.
But the people did not obey God’s voice. They did not walk in His law. They did not walk in the ways of the Lord in obedience to His commands. For they believed the lies of the enemy, instead. They were feeding on the vermin’s feces, metaphorically speaking, and so spiritually they got very ill. And the Lord allowed disaster to come upon them as He will upon us if we forsake the ways of the Lord, and if we eat the “vermin’s feces” instead of the truth of God’s word, and if our trust is in man and not in God to save us.
Over the past twenty five years, spiritually speaking, my dependency has been in the Lord more than it ever was before in my life. I have remained true to His word, and I have not rebelled against the Lord. There were times in my life before this when I could not say that, in truth. But the trials and tribulations of my life were instrumental to bringing me to this place. And, just as I do not depend on drugs and doctors to be my solution to my physical health, my trust is fully in the Lord to direct me in His ways.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]
They Do Not Obey God’s Voice
An Original Work / August 20, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
As the Deer
By Martin J. Nystrom
Based off Psalm 42:1
As the deer panteth for the water
So my soul longeth after You
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You
You alone are my strength, my shield
To You alone may my spirit yield
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You
[A Prayer of Devotion to God Alone]
