Highways of Holiness

Today's readings are in Isaiah 31, 32, 33, 34, 35

One of my most favorite passages is in Isa. 35. It came to me at a low point in my life as I struggled to make sense of life's difficulties and my faith. I spent about 6 months captivated by what this passage was saying.

"The lame will leap like a deer,

and those who cannot speak will sing for joy!

Springs will gush forth in the wilderness,

and streams will water the wasteland.

The parched ground will become a pool,

and springs of water will satisfy the thirsty land.

Marsh grass and reeds and rushes will flourish

where desert jackals once lived.

And a great road will go through that once deserted land.

It will be named the Highway of Holiness.

Evil-minded people will never travel on it.

It will be only for those who walk in God’s ways;

fools will never walk there."

I love that phrase, "the highway of holiness" that goes through the deserted land. When we feel dry and barren, and life seems to be more desert than Springs and flowers, think about this - God knows how to get us through that and he doesn't take us around it, or skip it, he takes us through it!


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