Cagle Grams: Self-examination can bring revival

James H. Cagle Guest Columnist “Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord” (Lamentations 3:40 KJV). The prophet Jeremiah had been telling Israel that her ways were wrong and that she needed to repent and turn back to the Lord, or judgment would fall. Israel did not repent and return to the Lord, and judgment came from the Babylonians as Jerusalem was destroyed and they were led away captive. After the destruction of Jerusalem and the people being led captive, Jeremiah again calls on the people to examine themselves and repent and turn back to the Lord. It was too late to save Jerusalem and escape captivity, but it wasn’t too late to get right with God. When we