I love art museums, and in recent years I've had multiple chances to attend a few, and one

thing I've noticed repeatedly is the vast breadth of color and emotion represented in the displayed

art. Incredible paintings of bright flower gardens on warm days are balanced by emotional

paintings of dark caverns or shrouded faces. I've come to appreciate the tug on my emotions as I feel,

often in the same room, enlightened and pained,

lifted by beauty and confronted with ugliness.

Well, in our study this week, we figuratively walk through the art gallery of Jeremiah

and fill many of those same emotions

as we search for truths that can sustain us in moments of needed perseverance.

Welcome to the Scripture Study Project. We are your hosts, Krista and Zach Horton, and this is our podcast where we study Scripture with you.

Our goal each week is to help you discover new or renewed excitement for God and His Word.

Invest your heart and personal life into your study and connect with others as you teach and learn together.

Hello and welcome back to me actually. I guess I'm telling myself, welcome back.

Welcome back.

Many of you have maybe hopefully been here because Zach, my amazing co-host, has taken over for...

I was listening to the last episode and you said that it was five episodes that I was gone for.

And I promise I did not purposely plan.

I'm talking to you listeners.

I did not personally,

I did not purposely plan to skip out on Isaiah.

I,

but then when it was like,

...