Category: February

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son…”

Many of us had this drilled into our head. These are some of the most quoted words in the Bible — and maybe some of the most misunderstood. Jesus talks about love, belief, and judgment here, but not in the way we often expect. This passage isn’t about pressure or performance. It’s about what it means to be seen, offered grace, and invited into life.

Take a few minutes to listen with us as we sit with these words and reflect on what they’re really saying — and what they might still be saying to us today.

Did you know God once told Jeremiah to buy a specific piece of underwear?

It sounds strange, maybe even funny—but the reason was deeply prophetic. In Jeremiah 13, God has Jeremiah wear linen undergarments, hide them, then retrieve them later. When he does, they’re completely ruined. God explains why.

If almost any other clothing had been used, its ruin could be blamed on outside forces—dirt, wear, pressure from the world. But underwear is different. It doesn’t rot because of what touches it from the outside. It rots because of what comes from within. Bacteria from the body sat on the garment, and — given time — caused it to become worthless.

That was the point.

God was showing that His people weren’t being destroyed mainly by external enemies, but by what they allowed to remain inside: pride, stubbornness, anger, hatred. Left unchecked, those things slowly rot what God is trying to form, rendering it useless.

We were meant to cling to God and reflect His glory—not become useless, ruined garments. So the question is simple and hopeful: How do we live in a way that keeps us clean, close, and useful to Him?

God commands us to treat everyone fairly, with love, mercy and grace. But when we show favoritism, or treat people differently because of who we perceive them to be, we are destroying the very fabric that God is trying to weave us together to become. Let’s look at what God is teaching us about how to address those in the edges of our society.