A Revelation!

This month I have waited for a revelation from Revelation 3:15-22. I loved our last passage (Isaiah 42) so much and reviewed it so often, it was kept popping up in my mind. That's actually a good thing but I wanted something to hang onto in our new passage. God's Word never let's us down when we continue on! The beautiful thing I found was a connection- a connection between the two passages! Isaiah 42:17 says "those who trust in idols...will be turned away in shame". There is a sadness when you are turned away. Shame in itself brings sadness. But Revelations 3:18 tells us that we can go to God for counsel! He "will buy us white garments so we will not be shamed...". It's a beautiful metaphor of Christ taking our shame- washing us clean covering us with His purity!

Keep on dwelling in the Word!
Janice

Happy New Year!

Last thoughts on Isaiah 42 1-17. "I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make rough places smooth. These are the things I will do, I will not forsake them."

In this small piece of God's Word there is reassurance that God is with us. And yet I am reminded that there are times when I am blind and that I do not know the way. I do not know what 2013 holds for me, my family, or God's family. My kids in Portland shared about a young married couple who just had their first baby and the young mother had a stroke and is now in rehabilitation. We do not know what the future holds. The path will be unfamiliar at times, dark, and rough. But God has the power to give us great spiritual blessings in spite of our circumstances. I take great courage from the words "I will not forsake them."
Blessings to you in the new year!