At Christianity Today´s suggestion, I am only giving a few sentences from an article by Dr. Thomas H. McCall, professor of theology at Asbury Univeristy in Kentucky. I am offering their link, in order that anyone can read the entire article. In the meantime, I am requesting the author's permission to reprint. His opening words are:

We’re Witnessing a ‘Surprising Work of God’

 Why I’m hopeful about the revival breaking out in our chapel and its implications for the campus and beyond.  

Most Wednesday mornings at Asbury University are like any other. A few minutes before 10, students begin to gather in Hughes Auditorium for chapel. Students are required to attend a certain number of chapels each semester, so they tend to show up as a matter of routine.

But this past Wednesday was different. After the benediction, the gospel choir began to sing a final chorus—and then something began to happen that defies easy description. Students did not leave. They were struck by what seemed to be a quiet but powerful sense of transcendence, and they did not want to go. They stayed and continued to worship. They are still there.

https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2023/february-web-only/asbury-revival-1970-2023-methodist-christian-holy-spirit.html

 God´s word directed to those in a difficult situation

      1.      Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the remainder of the elders who were carried away captive—to the priests, the prophets, and all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon. 

 2.      (This happened after Jeconiah the king, the queen mother, the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the smiths had departed from Jerusalem.)

 3.      The letter was sent by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, saying, 

 4.      Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, to all who were carried away captive, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon: 

 This chapter is a letter, written by Jeremiah to the captivity in Babylon (1). A good many years ago, our son, Dave, referred to this chapter and gave some important counsel in a sermon, which I do not want to be forgotten. He began with the question, “How do you handle life’s minuses?”

 We do well to go back briefly over the entire cause, for which the book is written, God’s purpose for His people in having Jeremiah pen it, and also see the attitude of the prophet, as he writes. We know that judgment began to fall upon them, because of their sin, after He sent many warnings their way. It is severe discipline to be sure, but we find wonderful hope here and great instruction for a situation, which could be duplicated in our lives. Jeremiah wrote it to elders, priests, prophets, and the common people, who were carried into Babylon, along with King Jeconiah and his mother (2). They ranged from middle class laborers, including craftsmen and smiths, along with the eunuchs, who served in government, all the way up the ranks to princes. These people had lost everything and had to carry on in a strange, foreign land.

Let’s have Dave help us understand the plight of all these Israelites, which we might be surprised to find not too different from one we may face in the future or someone may be experiencing now (4). What happens when life takes a wrong turn and you are left with a situation that cannot be fixed?

 He said, “We enter this planet with nothing in our hands. As time goes on, we accumulate possessions, relationships and knowledge. We are not to hold these with a tight grip, but loosely, as a loan from God, because when we exit this earth, our hands will be empty again. The death shroud has no pockets!”