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Jeremiah 29:5-7
5Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
6Take wives, and father sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply you there, and don`t be diminished.
7Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to Yahweh for it; for in the peace of it shall you have peace.
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In the heart of rural Arkansas, a Korean-American family embarks on a journey that feels both hopeful and daunting. Jacob, the father, dreams of farming in this unfamiliar land, yearning to build a life that honors both his ambitions and...
"Jeremiah tells the exiles: settle down, don't rebel, seek the city's good. This is the way of the diaspora community—faithful presence, not conquest. God's plan isn't to restore political power but to form a distinctive people wherever they are scattered." — John Howard Yoder.
"God has plans—but notice the call to seek, to pray, to build, to plant. Divine plans don't bypass human participation. Hope and a future come as we cooperate with what God is doing. The promise is not passive; it's an invitation to partner." — E.