Journey to Wholeness
… Read the restHe proposed another parable to them. “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in a field.
… Read the restThe glory of the Lord entered the temple by the eastward gate,
and the house of God was filled with his splendor.
… Read the restIn the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
… Read the restAs the earth brings forth its shoots,
and a garden makes its seeds spring up,
So will the Lord God make justice spring up,
and praise before all the nations.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation,
Isaiah 61:10b
and wrapped me in a robe of justice…
In the book of Revelation, the holy city, new Jerusalem, comes down out of heaven from God, “prepared as a bride adorned for her husband” (Revelation 21:2).… Read the rest
The cow and the bear shall graze,
Isaiah 11:7
together their young shall lie down;
the lion shall eat hay like the ox.
For Isaiah’s audience, the image of a cow and a bear feeding together signified a new harmony transcending purity laws.… Read the rest
The calf and the young lion shall browse together,
Isaiah 11:6b
with a little child to guide them.
On the mountain of the Lord, adam (humankind) will reclaim their role as caretakers of the Garden of Eden.… Read the rest
“Your country is waste, your cities burnt with fire,” the prophet Isaiah rails in the opening chapter of his scroll (1:7a). Judah and Jerusalem are riddled with injustice, hypocrisy, murder, thievery, rebellion, and every sort of corruption.… Read the rest
The one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness.
2 Corinthians 9:10
The abundant life of grace mirrors the magnanimous fecundity of our Creator.… Read the rest
… Read the restHe was teaching in a synagogue on the sabbath. And a woman was there who for eighteen years had been crippled by a spirit; she was bent over, completely incapable of standing erect.