Tag Archives: Isaiah 49:13-16

June 15

A Startling Response

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Shout for joy, you heavens;    rejoice, you earth;    burst into song, you mountains!For the Lord comforts his people    and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me,    the Lord has forgotten me.”Can a mother forget the baby at her breast    and have no compassion on the child she has borne?Though she may forget,    I will […]

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January 21

I will not abandon you

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This past summer when I visited Rome, I could hardly contain myself as I looked up at the Sistine Chapel, gazing wide-eyed at Michelangelo’s masterpiece. I had just finished a book called, “Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling,” by Ross King which explored the artist and what was happening to him, his peers and the country […]

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