Isaiah 35 offers a vision of hope and home to God’s people in exile,

hundreds of years prior to Jesus. It poetically speaks of the wildness of

God’s compassionate mercy and his surprising power.

From this passage we can see a theme that extends far forward as well, that

Jesus has come to give us a forever home that is secure. And because of his

love and power—even in the driest, most hopeless places—songs of joy and

gladness can spring up in our lives.

As he made a desert road for the exiles from Judah, so he has made a road

home for us in the midst of our pain and wilderness-seasons.

By Nelly D’Alessandro