Monday, April 23, 2012

Hope for the Future

God's Creative Word
The Word Is Here and Now

Healing the Blind Man

Isaiah 29:17-21

The Message
 17-21And then before you know it,
   and without you having anything to do with it,
Wasted Lebanon will be transformed into lush gardens,
   and Mount Carmel reforested.
At that time the deaf will hear
   word-for-word what's been written.
After a lifetime in the dark,
   the blind will see.
The castoffs of society will be laughing and dancing in God,
   the down-and-outs shouting praise to The Holy of Israel.
For there'll be no more gangs on the street.
   Cynical scoffers will be an extinct species.
Those who never missed a chance to hurt or demean
   will never be heard of again:
Gone the people who corrupted the courts,
   gone the people who cheated the poor,
   gone the people who victimized the innocent.

For Reflection 
God has never hidden his intention for us in darkness.  He as hoped that we will have a restored familial relationship with us. He wants us to choose reconciliation.

Pray
for all those who hear Gods' overture to restore them as the children of God.  Pray that they will choose light over darkness; life over death; reconciliation over sin.

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