Hello Everyone

A TIME OF TRANSITION

Isaiah 26: 7-9,12,16-19

The way of the righteous is level ;       O Just One, you make smooth the path of the righteous.

In the path of your judgements, O Lord we wait on you;

your name and your renown are the soul’s desire.

My soul yearns for you in the night, my spirit within me earnestly seeks you

For when your judgements are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness…

O Lord, you will ordain peace for us, for indeed, all that we have done, you have done for us …..                                                                                                                                                    O Lord, in distress they sought you, they poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.

Like a woman with a child, who writhes and cries out in her pangs when she is near her time,

so were we because of you, O Lord; 

we were with child, we writhed, but we gave birth only to wind.

We have won no victories on earth, and no one is born to inhabit the world.

Your dead shall live, their corpses shall rise.

O dwellers in the dust, awake and sing for joy!

For your dew is a radiant dew, and earth will give birth to those long dead.   

The message from Isaiah was written during a time of transition when people were struggling in the gap between what had happened and what was yet to come. The people cry out a lament as they seek God –holding on to faith and trusting that God’s promises will be fulfilled, even though the present time is difficult.

We need to ask ourselves in what ways are we yearning for God to be revealed?

Where do we see the Holy Spirit working in our world?                                                                                

This time of pandemic has been– and still is—incredibly challenging for many.                                                                                                                                                

What do you long to see change in your life?                                                                                 

What do you hope the future will look like?                                                                              

Speak now to God about your hopes.                                                                                                                                                     

Thinking about the level path what does your path look and feels like?

Make time to ask the Lord Jesus for strength and courage to let go of the past, and journey with you as you move into God’s future. 

PRAYER- St Francis de Sales.   

 Do not look forward to what might happen tomorrow; the same Everlasting Father who cares for you today, will take care of you tomorrow and every day.

Either He will shield you from suffering or He will give you unfailing strength to bear it.

Be at peace then and put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginings.         Amen

Thank you Val White for sharing this prayer with us.

Keep Safe, Keep Praying

Peter