Isaiah 1:16-20
Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your deeds from before My Eyes;
cease to do evil,
learn to do good;
seek justice,
correct oppression;
bring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow's cause.
“Come now, let us reason together,
says the Lord:
Though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow
Though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.
If you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land
But if you refuse and rebel,
you shall be eaten by the sword;
for the Mouth of the Lord has Spoken.”
Hills of Jerusalem, Lithograph by Eberhard Emminger, c 1855
Colossians 1:16-17
For by Him
All things were created,
in heaven and on earth,
visible and invisible,
whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities
—all things were created through Him
and
for Him.
And He is before all things,
and
In Him
all things hold together.
Psalm 48:2
Beautiful in elevation,
is the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion,
in the far north,
the city
of
the great King.
Luke 6:17-19
And Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place,
with a great crowd of His Disciples
and
a great multitude of people
from all Judea and Jerusalem
and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon,
who came to hear Him
and
to be healed of their diseases.
And those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.
And
All
the crowd sought to touch Him,
for power came out from Him
and
healed them
All.
Restoration. What is appealing about this test?
Aiming for peace, comfort, agreement, peace inside of us.
The Love of God and grace of Jesus abides.
My oldest son worked as a waiter in college, during his fraternity president years. He told me for a long time each Sunday, a nun, a woman in her 70s, in the Austin/Georgetown Texas area, came in to his restaurant. Each Sunday, this wonderful woman would ask for my zippy, fraternity president, son as her waitstaff. She would arrive for a Sunday lunch, in her vestments, alone, after specifically asking for Cal. And spend about 10 or 15 minutes asking him about his classes and his life and his opinions on various things. Cal, was not attending Church at the time; called home to tell me he thought she was a very special, open, considerate, caring woman.
Each Sunday, she would affirm him with a few, new sentences written on the check. And she would tip him very generously. She wrote things like this, "You are a very special and thoughtful young man. I look forward to hearing the things you comment upon."
Jesus Christ. The Lord. Was coming to visit Cal. I kid you not. Of course, this was a woman. In Genesis, God describes His attributes as both masculine and feminine.
Jesus tells us about Himself in the Word of God. Jesus, our Hero, gets His Hands in life as He immediately reaches for Peter. Jesus Christ bends down and sits with the woman caught in adultery. Jesus The Lord is so filled with amazing goodness, He travels on His Sabbath to minister to my son. Seeing in Cal wonderful possibilities and reasons to go out of His way to love this young man.
Psalm 112
Praise the Lord!
Blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
who greatly delights in His commandments!
2 His offspring will be mighty in the land;
the generation of the upright
will be blessed.
3 Wealth and riches are in his house,
and his righteousness endures forever.
4 Light dawns in the darkness for the upright;
he is gracious,
merciful,
and righteous.
5 It is well with the man who deals generously
and lends;
who conducts his affairs with justice.
6 For the righteous will never be moved;
he will be remembered forever.
7 He is not afraid of bad news;
his heart is firm,
trusting in the Lord.
8 His heart is steady;
he will not be afraid,
until he looks in triumph on his adversaries.
9 He has distributed freely;
he has given to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever;
his horn is exalted in honor.
10 The wicked man sees it and is angry;
he gnashes his teeth
and melts away;
the desire of the wicked will perish!
Abba, Father!
Forgiveness
He's got the whole world in His Hands.
He's got the wind and the rain in his hands.
He's got the whole world in His Hands.
He's got the little tiny baby in His Hands.
He's got the whole world in His Hands.
He's got you and me, brother, in His Hands.
He's got the whole world in His Hands.
He's got you and me, sister, in His Hands.
He's got the whole world in His Hands.
He's got everybody here in His Hands.
He's got the whole world in His Hands.
To God is the Kingdom,
the Power
and
the Glory in Jesus Christ.
Amen
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