Jeremiah 8

I think the thing that makes these chapter hard for me to gather insights from, is the fact that they are all very similar.  The themes are basically the same.
After my post yesterday, I think I could repost the same thing.

this portion did catch my attention
“‘When people fall down, do they not get up?
When someone turns away, do they not return?
⁵ Why then have these people turned away?
Why does Jerusalem always turn away?
They cling to deceit;
they refuse to return.
⁶ I have listened attentively,
but they do not say what is right.
None of them repent of their wickedness,
saying, “What have I done?”
Each pursues their own course
like a horse charging into battle.
⁷ Even the stork in the sky
knows her appointed seasons,
and the dove, the swift and the thrush
observe the time of their migration.
But my people do not know
the requirements of the Lord.

On the outside, I laugh....saying how could these people not see it.  And on the inside.  This paragraph perfectly describes me.  If left to my own devices, without any accountability partners, or people that depend on me.....this is me.  At my core.
I laugh at them, and do the exact same thing.
Like Paul says, "I really don't understand myself at all......."

Its a daily decision for me.  I've realized more lately than ever, the simple fact that I need to acknowledge this daily, and ask for God's forgiveness and to plead with him to help me with this.  "Today again.....Help me to put myself aside and understand that I need you"

sheesh!  Why can't this lesson stick?!