https://drhreflections.com/2026/07/22/harps-on-the-willows-%e2%88%99%e2%88%99%e2%88%99/Dr H Reflectionsen2026-07-22T05:11:00+00:00Harps on The Willows ∙∙∙Promises, Bible, God, Faith, Jesus, Sin, Scriptures, Forgiveness, Prayer, Hesed, Galatians 6:7-8, 722 BC, ThE Chosen People, Bitterness, Lamentations, Psalms 137:1-4, Bitter people, Nemesis, The most bitter of all sorrows, God is not mocked, We reap what we sow, Hosea 8:7, Deuteronomy 7:6, A sense of entitlement, Safe no matter what, Chosen and special, Great is Your faithfulness, Do not be deceived, The most bitter of all sorrows are the sorrows that we bring on ourselves, Jeremiah 9:11, Deuteronomy 26:18-19, His own special treasure, Root of bitterness, Sing us one of those songs of Jerusalem!, How can we sing the LORD’s song in a foreign land?, Lamentations 3:21-25, A false sense of entitlement, The Lord's song, I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, Jeremiah 25:11-12, The Principle of Sowing and Reaping, The Weight of Fulfilled Judgment, I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins Jackals will make their home there, 586 BC, Hope Beyond Despair: The Certainty of Restoration, The Turning Point, Whatever a person sows he will also reap, They have planted the wind and will harvest the whirlwind, The Sorrow of Self-Inflicted Pain, Harps on The Willows∙, Israel’s Covenant with God, This is the bitterest of all to know that suffering need not have been, There is an inevitable nemesis in life, F B Meyer, Jeremiah’s Despair in The Ruins of Jerusalem, What is sorrow?, On the willows there we hung up our harps, A Long History of Rebellion, Lamentations 3:1-2, Israel’s Privilege And Responsibility, God has chosen you to be his own special treasure, Consequences are often much more severe than the original cause, Spiritual privilege does not remove moral responsibility, A deceptive sense of entitlement can lead individuals down a path of destructionhttps://drhreflections.com/2026/07/21/does-god-change-his-mind-%e2%88%99%e2%88%99%e2%88%99/Dr H Reflectionsen2026-07-21T05:11:00+00:00Does God Change His Mind? ∙∙∙Promises, Bible, God, Faith, Jesus, Sin, Scriptures, Forgiveness, Prayer, 1 Samuel 15:29, Hebrews 13:8, Numbers 23:19, Abraham Lincoln, Great is Thy faithfulness, The faithful love of the LORD never ends!, He is not a man that He should change His mind, Jonah 3:10, Nacham, When we change-God responds, Jeremiah 31:19, God reacts, Do-overs are always available to those who turn to Him in humility and faith, Jesus Christ the same yesterday and today and forever, Amos 7:3;6, Immutability has nothing to do with it, Lamentations 3:22, Immutability, Does God change His mind?, Does God Change His Mind?∙, The Creator of the universe is not distant detached or indifferent, Admitting Mistakes, God responds, God does not change, God’s Relational Nature, Unchanging Attributes, Immutability And Relationship, So the Lord was sorry he had ever made them and put them on the earth, Responsiveness to Nineveh’s Repentance, A Helpful Distinction In 1 Samuel 15, When the people repented He relented, Does God make mistakes?, God is personal and relational, Responsiveness, The Creator willingly interacts with His creation, The Doctrine of Immutability, Immutability refers to God's unchanging essence character purposes and promises, Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever, The Lord changed his mind, Understanding Nacham, God’s attributes are perfect and unalterable, God Responds to the Decisions and Actions of People in Real Time, 1 Samuel 15:11 describes God’s personal response to Saul’s rebellion, Responsiveness describes the way God personally relates to His people, Immutability and responsiveness are complementary truths, 1 Samuel 15:29 affirms God’s reliability and unchanging nature, God’s immutability and His responsiveness are not opposing ideas, Westminster Shorter Catechism, Immutability concerns God's eternal being in nature, No sin is greater than His mercy and no failure is beyond His forgiveness, Relational Engagement, God will not lie or have regret for he is not a man that he should have regret, God’s Attributes And His Relational Engagement, God is not impersonal