Jeremiah 31:33

³³ "This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel
after that time," declares the LORD.
"I will put my law in their minds
and write it on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.

Ray Makeever wrote a happy little church song based on this text which often rattles about in my brain "write your law upon our hearts, O God, we are your people."

The bouncy beat seems a bit strange when I compare it to reading this passage plainly. BUT...I think the interpretation is correct. To be chosen people of God, to be so beloved that even God's law is written not on tablet or stone, but in the hearts of God's people is spectacular! This is a promise, a covenant, which cannot be broken or dismantled. This is a promise that God is always with us - and that when the relationship is made "official" between God and God's people, there will be no separation, no divorce, no rending of sleeves - but this union will last. This is something to celebrate!

Today I am thankful for true promises that transcend human understanding or experience. Thanks be to God for this intimate relationship which knows no end.