Written and read by Rev. Dr. Ron White, Scholar in Residence

"Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise from the end of the earth! Let the sea roar and all that fills it, the coast lands and their inhabitants. Let the desert and its towns lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar inhabits; let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy, let them shout from the tops of the mountains. Let them give glory to the Lord, and declare his praise in the coast lands. The Lord goes forth like a soldier, like a warrior he stirs up his fury; he cries out, he shouts aloud, he shows himself mighty against his foes. For a longtime I have held my peace, I have kept still and restrained myself; now I will cry out like a woman in labor, I will gasp and pant." - Isaiah 42:10-14