Month: June 2025

Our question for today comes from Jeremiah 15:18.

In his agony, Jeremiah cried out, “Why is my pain unending and my wound incurable?”

Jeremiah wasn’t asking for sympathy—he was asking for relief. His pain felt permanent. His prayers seemed unanswered. His obedience had gone unrewarded. He did the right thing, and still, the wrong things kept happening.

Sound familiar? Sometimes our suffering doesn’t make sense. And when it lingers, we start to wonder if God has forgotten us—or worse, if He simply doesn’t care. That’s how Jeremiah felt.

It’s okay to admit you’re hurting. It’s okay to say it out loud. Faith isn’t pretending you’re fine. It’s trusting God enough to bring Him your hardest questions—just like Jeremiah did.

God didn’t cast Jeremiah aside. He called him deeper. He promised to strengthen him, to make him like a bronze wall (Jeremiah 15:20). Not by removing the pain, but by reinforcing the man.

We’ve all heard about the faith that moves mountains. Sometimes God moves the mountain. Sometimes He makes us strong enough to climb it.

So with Jeremiah, we can cry, “Why is my pain unending?” If you doubt that, then in a hundred years, meet me at the gates of heaven—and we’ll talk about it.

If you’re weary of the wound, take heart. God sees you.

I’m Lonnie Davis, and these are thoughts worth thinking.

The quote for today is from Isaiah 6:11.

“How long, O Lord?”

Isaiah had just witnessed the unthinkable—he saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and lifted up. The temple shook. The angels praised God. 

In light of God’s glory, Isaiah felt undone by his own unworthiness. But then came mercy. A coal touched his lips. His guilt was taken away. And then came the call: “Whom shall I send?”

Isaiah said yes!

But obedience doesn’t always come with applause. Sometimes it comes with silence. Or resistance. Or an assignment that feels like shouting into the wind. And that’s when Isaiah asked the question many of us whisper in the waiting: “How long, O Lord?”

How long do I serve when no one notices? How long do I love when nothing changes? How long do I pray when the heavens feel quiet?

God didn’t sugarcoat the answer. He told Isaiah it would be a long road. A road of rejection. But God also gave him a promise of victory in the end. Even if it seems delayed, it will come.

If you’re asking “how long?” Remember this, God understands. He’s not deaf to your question. He sees your faith, even in the silence. Keep going. Keep sowing. What you plant in obedience will bloom in His time. Whatever work you are doing, keep going. 

I’m Lonnie Davis, and these are thoughts worth thinking.