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Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Today’s Reading: Isaiah 40:25-31
Daily Lectionary: Leviticus 9:1-24; Luke 9:18-36
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. (Isaiah 40:28)
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. Omnipotent. Immutable. Omnipresent. Eternal. Omniscient. Big ol’ catechism words that try to explain who your God is. They are nothing less than the words He uses to describe Himself through the prophet Isaiah.
“Comfort, comfort my people,” this chapter begins. Your almighty and ever-living God always approaches His children in love. Sure, that love sometimes looks like wrath and anger and discipline, but it is always love that is first in His mind when He thinks of you.
That’s why He says what He says to you today. God your Father reminds you who He is, so that you remember what He has done for you and your salvation. No matter how your day or week has been, no matter how worn out you are after homework, practice, cleaning your room, dealing with the people who don’t like you, and arguing with your parents that these clothes are not inappropriate, He does not grow weary. He is not clueless about how you feel.
This world does cause you to faint, to be tired of all the nonsense and hoop-jumping you have to do, and you just might be at your wit’s end. But not the LORD, not the everlasting God. He gives you a way to renew your strength, to mount up and soar in joy. Those ways aren’t flashy or cool, but they are powerful and living.
A Word proclaimed. A washing with water. Body and Blood that sustain you. Forgiveness itself spoken into your ears. And no matter how much strength He gives you in this life, just wait and see what He has prepared in the life of the world to come!
Until then, rest in the promises He gives to you and for you—promises of strength and protection, because when you are weak and weary and heavy laden, He is strong. He bears you up because He has made you His own in Jesus. In the Name + of Jesus. Amen –Rev. Duane Bamsch
Heavenly Father, God of all grace, govern our hearts that we may never forget Your blessings but steadfastly thank and praise You for all Your goodness in this life until, with all your saints, we praise You eternally in Your heavenly kingdom, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. (Collect for Thanksgiving to God)
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By Higher Things®Today’s Reading: Isaiah 40:25-31
Daily Lectionary: Leviticus 9:1-24; Luke 9:18-36
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. (Isaiah 40:28)
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. Omnipotent. Immutable. Omnipresent. Eternal. Omniscient. Big ol’ catechism words that try to explain who your God is. They are nothing less than the words He uses to describe Himself through the prophet Isaiah.
“Comfort, comfort my people,” this chapter begins. Your almighty and ever-living God always approaches His children in love. Sure, that love sometimes looks like wrath and anger and discipline, but it is always love that is first in His mind when He thinks of you.
That’s why He says what He says to you today. God your Father reminds you who He is, so that you remember what He has done for you and your salvation. No matter how your day or week has been, no matter how worn out you are after homework, practice, cleaning your room, dealing with the people who don’t like you, and arguing with your parents that these clothes are not inappropriate, He does not grow weary. He is not clueless about how you feel.
This world does cause you to faint, to be tired of all the nonsense and hoop-jumping you have to do, and you just might be at your wit’s end. But not the LORD, not the everlasting God. He gives you a way to renew your strength, to mount up and soar in joy. Those ways aren’t flashy or cool, but they are powerful and living.
A Word proclaimed. A washing with water. Body and Blood that sustain you. Forgiveness itself spoken into your ears. And no matter how much strength He gives you in this life, just wait and see what He has prepared in the life of the world to come!
Until then, rest in the promises He gives to you and for you—promises of strength and protection, because when you are weak and weary and heavy laden, He is strong. He bears you up because He has made you His own in Jesus. In the Name + of Jesus. Amen –Rev. Duane Bamsch
Heavenly Father, God of all grace, govern our hearts that we may never forget Your blessings but steadfastly thank and praise You for all Your goodness in this life until, with all your saints, we praise You eternally in Your heavenly kingdom, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. (Collect for Thanksgiving to God)