The prophet in today's reading describe the man who finds his strength in flesh and whose heart is turned from the Lord as a man that is a barren desert that knows not the season of change.
In the same breath, Jeremiah then inadvertently describes the person who has been faithful then as one who knows change frequently, seasonly.
Change is important.
John Cardinal Newman, a convert to Catholicism, whose birthday we celebrate today put it this way.
"To be human is to change. To be perfect is to change often."
The one finds within himself no room to change is the one who no longer follows Christ. In the words of Jesus, to be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect, demands that we change and change often.
Under the watchful gaze of God via the plowshare of grace we shall become fertile soil, bearing much fruit...for we have been changed throughout.
Change...this is the lenten season of change,
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