When Life Looks Nothing Like You Planned: Jeremiah & Lamentations
6/8/202659 min
On today’s episode of Back Porch Theology, Lisa, Allison, and Dr. Howard journey through Jeremiah and Lamentations, exploring the prophetic power of humility, obedience, and unwavering faithfulness in difficult seasons. This rich conversation reminds us that even in our deepest lamentations, God remains faithful, forgiving, and near to the brokenhearted. Pull up a chair - we're so glad you are here.
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First 90 secondsLisa Harper· Host0:00
[instrumental music] Calling is you're a mom, or you're a speaker, you're a, I don't know, a dental hygienist. That's just the decanter. Our purpose is we're Marco Day. We get to tell everybody about the hope that lies within us. We are, we are the ambassadors of God, and I hear more often than not, especially with kinda younger generations, our culture's made such an idol of calling that they go, "Well, I'm called to..."
Allison Allen· Host0:27
Yeah.
Lisa Harper· Host0:27
I wanna go, right now what you're called to might be to stack chairs 6:000 in the morning in the church. So I think we, we've made calling preeminent- Yeah ... and purpose secondary.
Allison Allen· Host0:36
Mm-hmm.
Lisa Harper· Host0:36
And I'm like, no, no, no. Make sure your purpose directs your calling. [upbeat music] [upbeat jingle] AccessMore.
Allison Allen· Host0:49
Hey, hey, Back Porchers. My name is Allison Allen. I'm the 5'12" spiritual wing woman to Lysa Harper for Back Porch Theology, and we are so thrilled that you are joining us today. We have, of course, Lysa D. Harper, and Doc Howard, who is sitting in with us today, and I'm thrilled about it. Where are we, Lysa, in our journey? Come on.
Lisa Harper· Host1:11
We are in- Help us ... you, Dr. Howard, we, uh, we're always, like, looking to you, like- Yeah ... deer, deer in the headlights because it is... It's a, it's a, it's like going, you're gonna eat an elephant- Yeah ... and you go, "How do we eat an elephant?"
Allison Allen· Host1:25
Right.
Lisa Harper· Host1:25
When somebody says, "Go through the Bible in a year," you're like, "Go through the Bible in a year?"