"I have loved you with an everlasting love;
I have drawn you with loving-kindness.
I will build you up again
and you will be rebuilt,
O Virgin Israel.
Again you will take up your tambourines
and go out to dance with the joyful."

Jeremiah 31:3-4

I have been meditating on this verse for the last several days. God showed it to me the other day when I was really struggling with some issues in my life. And He totally encouraged me through it about how He does pursue us with His love and His kindness (even though it may not always look like kindness). He encouraged me that He will rebuild me after all the brokenness of this year and that He will restore joy and I will probably be overwhelmed and dance with that joy! I can already feel Him doing these things...He has restored the "joy of my salvation" and continues to work...I'm amazed at how faithful He is to us. I'm amazed at how recklessly He pursues us and how free we can be in His love. :)

On a lighter note...my flip flops broke again this morning while I was teaching english...I think they are finally beyond repair. I don't know what I am going to do now!! They only had another 4 weeks to go...but I guess they have served me well and deserve their rest. Ah, the sadness of it. :)