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Isaiah 51:4-8

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We’re reminded not to aim for the heavens
For they too will vanish like smoke
In a moment all will be different
According to words that are spoke.

For some the words come as judgment
A difficult end to their strife
To see all the effort they’ve given to self
Ended just like a gnat’s life

But God uses different vocabulary
To describe what He has in store
Teaching, and Justice, Deliverance
Salvation and even much more

Not poured out for only one nation
As all are disarmed, His will rule
The arms which have been used to oppress the world
Worms will eat all these up, just like wool.

But His arms arrive to deliver
Salvation that lasts for all time
We listen and look, to join such a heart
As fruit that desires the vine.

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Isaiah 58:1-12

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I told them I’d love a pair of shoes.

She brought me buttered toast.

She said “I even spread it thick,

Because I love you most.”

I asked them for an umbrella

To protect me when it drips.

They gave me a new LEGO set

With little pirate ships.

I asked to see them work together

To show love can abound

They pushed and shoved each other back

To show the love they’d found.

We see the silliness herein

And smile at silly words.

We think of how such children would

Be really quite absurd.

Yet God has asked to “end injustice,

Give the hungry food to eat.”

And every year we smile and say

“We hear you – we give up sweets!”

May we be truly humbled 

By the way we miss the mark

But not into inaction –

May humility be the spark…

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revival

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While we pray for Revival wherever we find ourselves, we also must be aware that often we use “waiting” as a way of staying comfortable. Meanwhile, the Spirit has been poured out and is on the move. Are we willing to humble ourselves, repent (turn away) of our false sources of life – and join what God is up to?