Jeremiah 7:19“Am I the one they are hurting?” asks the Lord. “Most of all, they hurt themselves, to their own shame.” This verse made me think of our culture. We go around pretending that there is no God or that He is impersonal and uninterested in our lives. It gives us a feeling that we are powerful or in control. But in the end, who is the one who is getting hurt? Does pretending there isn’t a God make it true? It makes Him sad, but it doesn’t make Him not God. We hurt ourselves by taking on the weights and worries of this world, by trusting in ourselves instead of allowing the God who made us and knows exactly the perfect solution to lead us. We like to think we are so self-sufficient, but we hurt ourselves by making it all so hard when there is a loving Father who wants to help. We just need to stop trying to play God and trust God to BE God.