The cry of a good leader for his people

"See, I will send venomous snakes among you,
vipers that cannot be charmed,
and they will bite you,"
declares the Lord. You who are my Comforter in sorrow,
my heart is faint within me. Listen to the cry of my people
from a land far away:
"Is the Lord not in Zion?
Is her King no longer there?"
"Why have they aroused my anger with their images,
with their worthless foreign idols?" Since my people are crushed, I am crushed;
I mourn, and horror grips me. (Jeremiah 8:17-19, 21 NIV)

Jeremiah loves his people.

So does God also love these his people.

Yet God is rebuking Israel even unto death and exile.

The call of leadership is joy and sorrow. For we care for the flock.
We risk our hearts to love and care for them. Yet they can choose on their own. And we may make mistakes or sin as a leader over them.

God help me and others you gave spiritual authority to be good shepherds of your people. God increase my heart for my people: Intervarsity and those college students not in it. Especially those at CU now not in IV.
Amen