All we need is a Tall Ship
and the Morning Star
to sail With
Isaiah 2:1-11
It shall come to pass in the latter days
that the mountain of the house of the Lord
shall be established as the highest of the mountains,
and shall be lifted up above the hills;
and all the nations shall flow to it
And many peoples shall come, and say:
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
that He may teach us His Ways
and that we may walk
in His Paths.”
For out of Zion shall go forth the law,
and the Word of the Lord
from Jerusalem.
He shall judge
between the nations,
and shall decide disputes for many peoples
And they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn
war anymore.
5 O house of Jacob,
come, let us walk
in the Light of the Lord.
The Day of the Lord
6 For You have rejected Your people,
the house of Jacob,
because they are full of things from the east
and of fortune-tellers like the Philistines,
and they strike hands with the children of foreigners.
7 Their land is filled with silver and gold,
and there is no end to their treasures;
their land is filled with horses,
and there is no end to their chariots.
8 Their land is filled with idols;
they bow down to the work of their hands,
to what their own fingers have made.
9 So man is humbled,
and each one is brought low—
do not forgive them!
10 Enter into the rock
and hide in the dust
from before the terror of the Lord,
and from the splendor of His Majesty.
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled,
and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down,
and
The Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
The Lord loves parables about life on earth, the fullness of the earth, His Good Creation - is where He loves us to observe and remember the height of the sky is the Limitless Love of The Lord.
Isaiah is chosen for 2 millenniums for us to read in the Season of Advent, preparing for the arrival of Jesus Christ. The birth of a baby, usually, a time remembered with such joy.
And Isaiah, The Great and Loving Prophet of the Most High God. The Almighty's Messenger, seems to work like a set of Christmas Lights.
The On Light twinkles away. The incredible and amazing language we cannot forget. They are the unmistakable, heart-warming and thundering Word of God. Once in our souls, they will never diminish with Love and Encouragement.
And just as suddenly, The Road turns to become the "Days will Come" Jesus Christ wrote about in His Gospels.
Isn't the immediate reaction, to return to the Comfort. The Help. And yet, we know in our inner being, our eternal fire and soul - This Is Our God.
And, being sincere, we all long to have the Liturgy just magically and comfortably, deliciously, keep us in the sunshine passages. Our minds do think a like here, because we are all the same. Fallen from the Glory of God and requiring a Savior in Jesus Christ. We are the people of God. And our minds fire up with Help, Helper, Comfort, Comforter.
We could look at the layer of Isaiah forever. God does! And this complicated Prophet helps us see the layers of the Season of Christmas. And in being seen, Isaiah was seen, we are in sincere comfort.
God believes, as our Father, we can handle the musical change ups. The Words of Frank Honesty. He does not speak to us as children, but as souls reaching into the eternal reasoning the Holy Spirit gives us.
And in this Truth of Jesus Christ, we do find the real Comforter.
What Isaiah 2 brings to me, this 2024th Birthday of our Lord Jesus Christ, will not be identical to your reading. The Living Word of God.
And God knows. He says Nations and the world read His Word and Decisions. The impact of all of these layers gives us Peace to say God's Good Will be done on earth as in Heaven.
I recently read a Sunni Muslim woman wrote Christmas is a form of witchcraft. And I could understand this viewpoint if you wanted the world to be followers of Muhammad. The Love that flows from the Celebration of Jesus Christ coming into the world, truly has redemption. Explained by teaching us to keep The God of Love, God of Encouragement in our heart. Our manner of life. Keeping Christmas in our Hearts daily. Even when the day has clouds of joy and serious duty requiring our more serious nature.
I loved reading about Sunday in Russia in the time of the Czars. Saturday was a double duty chore day, early morning, past late at Night. The result, Sunday could have all the areas of the country in age, money and customs put on their best festival clothing, resting in a clean house and land, eating the best cooking of the week, and resting like a Lord. And all enjoyed Sunday, going to Church, feasting, resting and seeing the fruit of their labors - wishing for Heaven for this joy to be perpetual and unending.
Today's reading of Isaiah helps us to understand the press to cover Christmas with all our attention and balance life to be without the Russian jolt of Monday morning. The tempers of pressed to work and pressed to do so many items on the list. Santa had it easy to have a list to only Check Twice.
Isaiah even covers the longing for Christmas Joy is tempered with the Christmas to do list.
Isaiah's complete honesty, like the Lights that bounce on a Christmas Tree. On the same strand, created for Joy and Beauty. We are created for Joy and Beauty. And also for the making the path straight. Our lives bring together Nations in peace and harmony, not chaos. The Lord Says. Wondrously and Unforgettably.
Chose Joy
with
what we can do
today!
Abba, Father,
Help me,
Help us
to clean our houses
and our lives
knowing who we are
asking for Your
Forgiveness
and Mercy.
Dwell in me,
Dwell in us,
Dwell in those we Love,
Help us to seek You first.
And we will finish well,
in Jesus Christ.
Let evil and practicing evil
depart
far
from us
and our children.
With Your Help
We will act justly
and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with You, our God.
Help us seek Heaven
What will you gift us today?
Help us see Your Hand and Love
each day.
Help us read the Scriptures daily.
Help us to Bring more Heaven
To do the Good Works You
give us Daily.
To pray for others
and our details of life.
Help us to become a part of Heaven
to Give
Shelter
Love
Mercy
Encouragement.
AND
In this work You Bring Us
We
WILL
FIND MORE HEAVEN ON EARTH.
And Good
Christmas
Practices and Choosing Joy
AGAIN Today.
Help us not to be
something
we wouldn't want to see
on our dinner plate.
And Choose
Joy
Again.
And in Jesus - this Hope,
Faith and Love - we will rise up believing Jesus.
Amen.
♔ Lord Jesus Saves †
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