Intermission

I’ve written a lot the last two weeks. It’s been hard work—soul work. And as I sit here, trying to shape it into something to share, I’m seeing that all this all writing, it’s just for me. At least for now. Because sometimes, our words just need to be between us and the Author of our faith.

So I’m taking an intermission this week, trying to quiet my drive to produce in order to rest in His presence. To answer His invitation to rearrange and heal some things in my heart. To trust His process and timing over my own.

I’ve also been reading and re-reading through the book of Isaiah. I keep finding new layers of Hope and Promise in those words. And so I will leave you with words more true and hopeful than I could ever write.

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I am the One who comforts you and gives you peace.
        So why are you afraid of human beings?
    The children of men are only grass; they’ll wither and die.

       Have you forgotten Me, the One who made you and the whole world,
        who stretched out the skies and made sure the earth’s foundations?
    Yet you constantly worry about others—how they hate and might harm you.
        But their anger counts for nothing.

            Isaiah 51:12–13

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I think this is like the time when Noah lived.
        I promised that I would never again destroy the world by a flood.
    So now I am promising never again to be so angry
        and punishing as I was when I sent you away.
       Even if the mountains heave up from their anchors,
        and the hills quiver and shake, I will not desert you.
    You can rely on My enduring love;
        My covenant of peace will stand forever.

So says the Eternal One, whose love won’t give up on you.

            Isaiah 54:9–10

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The Eternal One will never leave you;
    He will lead you in the way that you should go.
When you feel dried up and worthless,
    God will nourish you and give you strength.
And you will grow like a garden lovingly tended;
    you will be like a spring whose water never runs out.

            Isaiah 58:11

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