Traversing Ways

Bible Reading:  Jeremiah 2:14-30

Key Verse: Verse 23 – “How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;”

Key Words: thou art a swift dromedary

A dromedary is a young female camel which is wandering around in a newly cultivated field with new crops about to sprout (traversing).  The young female camel isn’t trying to destroy the newly planted field, but in her absent-mindedness and her wandering, she does.

This young camel is innocent but still destructive.  In the church I call these people well-intentioned dragons…doing one good thing and stirring up two troublesome things while doing so.  We all know these people.  The problem is more often than not, they appear to be so innocent that others fail to see the trouble they are causing except for the farmer who cultivated the field.  Do you know anyone like this?

A father came home from work just before supper and was met by his five-year-old daughter on the sidewalk outside the house.  The little girl was not smiling.  “Is something wrong, honey?” he asked.  “Yes,” she said, “all day long I’ve been having trouble with your wife.”

 That’s the dromedary, with all innocence, the wandering around causes unintentional trouble.  We are commanded to love people, but in all honesty, these people are hard to love and for the farmer, impossible to like.  Love them we must!  Like them…well, that’s another story.

                                                                                Dr. Mike Rouse

What to do: 

✞ Love the dromedary and try to like them.