Isaiah 49:22-23
22 Thus says the Lord God:
I will soon lift up my hand to the nations,
and raise my signal to the peoples;
and they shall bring your sons in their bosom,
and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
23 Kings shall be your foster-fathers,
and their queens your nursing-mothers.
With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you,
and lick the dust of your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;
those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.
Soon. What a powerful word. For a child who has been waiting for what feels like ever, will the promise of soon ever be realized? Perhaps you heard or said or experienced some of that impatience of waiting and being told soon over the past few days. When will we eat? When will we get there? When will we open gifts? When will we go home? Soon.
When will our mourning be over? When will the tears stop? When will the fighting cease? When will there be comfort? When will there be peace? Soon, says the Lord God. Soon. And we will know that God is Lord, and we who wait will not be put to shame. Soon.
Peace,
Pastor Jenn
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment