Jeremiah 8 · Grade 3
No Balm in Gilead?
Read the Story
God asked a simple question. When people fall, don't they get up again? When someone turns away, don't they return? But God's people kept going the wrong way. No one asked what they had done wrong.
God said the stork in the sky knows her appointed times. The turtledove, the swallow, and the crane know when to come. But his people did not know Yahweh's law. Some people said they were wise, but they did not follow God's word.
Jeremiah was very sad for his people. Gilead was a place known for balm, a medicine for hurts. Jeremiah asked if there was no balm in Gilead and no physician there. He longed for his people to be healed.
Memory Verse
“Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then isn’t the health of the daughter of my people recovered?”
Jeremiah 8:22 (WEB)
Answer the Questions
What happens when people fall?
What does the stork know?
What did the people not know?
What was Gilead known for?
What did Jeremiah long for?
God Heals
Write what happened in each box.
Word Search
Find each word. Words go across, down, and diagonally.
- HARVEST
- SWALLOW
- GILEAD
- SUMMER
- HEALTH
- STORK
- BALM
Prayer
Dear God, thank You for healing hurting people. Help me . Amen.
Take It Home
For families: talk about these together.
- Why was Jeremiah sad?
- What does the harvest is past mean?
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