I just finished reading a book by this name- it was amazing. It examined and mused over the life Jeremiah- historically accurate w/ a fictional story woven around the timeline of his life & events in Isreal.
I was profoundly impacted by the realization anew of Jeremiahs life being a voice-this perpetual warning/voice to a stubborn, unhearing people. God's words of warning burned within him- it was relentless, though he begged for relief. This was his lot, his calling, his worship to God. To preach to people who would not listen. It might sound romantic or magical, for a moment.
By modern measurements of success in the ministry Jeremiah was a miserable failure. He was out of step with most of his contemporaries. When grief overwhelmed him and he would have escaped to the quietness of the countryside, the Lord commanded him to keep preaching in the city. He experienced deep, dark depression, wishing he had never been born and lived with unanswered prayers and unfulfilled desires and even accused God of deceiving him.
And yet he kept on and was faithful to the Lord and demonstrated the clearest message of redemption & the new covenant etc.
Amazing.
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