They did not ask, “Where is the Lord who brought us up out of Egypt and led us through a land of deserts and rifts, a land of drought and darkness, a land where on one travels and no one lives.” Jeremiah 2:6

Twice in this chapter the author mentions that the people failed to ask, “Where is the Lord?” That is the primary question, isn’t it? When I meet with individuals for counsel, that question gets asked at least once during most conversations. Even if we don’t know the answer, asking the question points us in the right direction. It gets us out of our dark, claustrophobic introspection so we can start noticing signs, stirrings, and promptings from beyond. I tried to capture the sense of a barren landscape depicted in the verse.