as surely as

For as [surely as] the earth 

brings forth its shoots, 

and as a garden causes what is sown in it 

to spring forth, 

so [surely] the Lord God 

will cause rightness and justice and praise 

to spring forth before all the nations 

[through the self-fulfilling power of His word].

Isaiah 61:11 Amplified

rejoicing with the Sunday singers at Deidra's

 

Send me

And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 

“Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” 

Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”

Isaiah 6:8 RSV

Deidra is back and I'm rejoicing with the Sunday choir

 

have you not heard?

Have you not known? 

Have you not heard?

The Lord is the everlasting God,

the Creator of the ends of the earth.

He does not faint or grow weary,

his understanding is unsearchable.

He gives power to the faint,

and to him who has no might 

he increases strength.

Isaiah 40:28-29 RSV

 

lifting up a shout of praise with Deidra and the Sunday chorus

 

Hush of awe

Hushed with quiet, hushed with awe, I shut the cover of my journal
always gratefully surprised that my Lord would choose to share His heart with me

How can you shine My light when you are busy polishing your own?
It is not your reflection that the world needs.
Do not worry that a cloak of humility will hide you
for it is only then that I am seen.
This then is why I call you to die
die to all your humanness
die to your self hood
die to your self-ish-ness
so that the Me in you would burst forth
This like the rising sun in Isaiah 60:1

Arise [from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you—rise to a new life]! Shine (be radiant with the glory of the Lord), for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you! Isaiah 60:1 Amplified

A bit later in the morning, flickering about the internet world, I connect with a friend who says God has been speaking Isaiah 60 into her heart.

The hush falls harder, yes, through and through indeed.

Triple connections today --

believing that nothing is coincidence with Jennifer

having a bite of something sweet with L. L. Barkat

joining Emily and the broken yet redeemed