J.M.J. Only one week before Christmas Day . . . how will we spend these next few days?
How about
"to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless
poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to
hide yourself from your own flesh?" (Isaiah 58:6-7)
If we do that, then what can we expect?
"Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall
spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you, the glory of
the LORD shall be your rear guard. Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; you shall cry, and He
will say, 'Here I am.' If you take away from the midst of you the yoke,
the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness, if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the
afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be
as the noonday. And the LORD will guide you continually, and satisfy your desire with
good things, and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered
garden, like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. And your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the
foundations of many generations; you shall be called 'the repairer of the
breach,' 'the restorer of streets' to dwell in. If you turn back your foot from the sabbath, from doing your pleasure
on My holy day, and call the sabbath a delight and the holy day of the
LORD honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, or seeking
your own pleasure, or talking idly; then you shall take delight in the LORD, and I will make you ride upon
the heights of the earth; I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob
your father, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken." (Isaiah 58:8-14)
Mary, Comforter of the afflicted, pray for us.
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