Loving and merciful God, thank you for being my God and for your law Which is now written on my heart. Open my heart and mind to your Word, That I May live each day in accord with your will. Amen.

Jeremiah 31:23-40 (Good News Translation) God's Word: Teaching Us About Mercy and Forgiveness Introduction Jeremiah 31:23-40: Jeremiah says That God will restore the people of the southern tribes of Judah and bring them home. God promises to make a new Covenant with the people of Israel and Judah, putting them Within the law and writing the law on Their Hearts. Today's Scripture: Jeremiah 31:34 b [The LORD says] "I will forgive Their sins and I will no longer remember Their wrongs." Today's Reading 23 The L ORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says, "When I restore the people to Their Land, They will say once again in the land of Judah and in its towns, 'May the L ORD bless the sacred hill of Jerusalem, the holy place where I lives. ' 24 People will live in Judah and in all its towns, and there will be farmers, and shepherds With Their flocks. 25 I will refresh and Those Who are weary with food will Satisfy everyone who is weak from hunger. 26 So then, people will say, "I went to sleep and woke up refreshed." 27 I, the L ORD , Say That the time is coming when i will fill the land of Israel and Judah with people and animals. 28th And just as I took care to uproot, to pull down, to overthrow, to destroy, and to demolish them, so I will take care to plant them and to build them up. 29 When That time comes, people will no longer say, 'The parents ate the sour grapes, But the children got the sour taste. ' 30Instead, eat sour grapes Those who will have Their Own September teeth on edge; and everyone will die without Because of Their Own. " 31 The L ORD says, "The time is coming when i will make a new Covenant with the people of Israel and of Judah With the people.32 It will not be like the old covenant That I Made With Their ancestors when i took them by the hand and led them out of Egypt. . Although I was like a husband to them, They did not keep That covenant 33 The new covenant That I will make With the people of Israel will be this: I will put my law Within them and write it on Their Hearts. Will be Their God, and They will be my people. 34 None of them will Have to teach a neighbor to know the L ORD , Because all will know me, from the Least to the greatest. I will forgive Their sins and I will no longer remember Their wrongs. I, the L ORD , have spoken. " 35 The L ORD Provides the sun for light by day, . the moon and the stars to shine at night He stirs up the sea and makes it roar, his name is the L ORD . Almighty 36 He Promises that as long as the Natural order lasts, so long will Israel be a nation. 37 If one day the sky Could be Measured and the foundations of the earth Explored, only then would I reject the people of Israel Because of all doing lot done. The L ORD has spoken. 38 "The time is coming," says the L ORD , "when all of Jerusalem will be rebuilt as my city, from Hananel Tower west to the Corner Gate. 39And the boundary line will continue from there on the hill to the west of Gareb and then around to Goah. 40 The entire valley, where the dead are buried and garbage is dumped, and all the fields above Kidron Brook as far as the Horse Gate to the east, will be sacred to me. The city will never again be torn down or destroyed. "  Reflect Reread verses 31-34.This is the high point of Jeremiah's message. In God's new agreement With the people of Israel and Judah, God will write the laws Directly on the hearts and minds of the people, and God will forgive Their sins. What does having God's law written on your heart mean to you?