God Brings His People Home
1 “Woman, be happy!
You have not had any children,
but you should be very happy.
“Yes, the woman who is alone
will have more children than the woman with a husband.”
This is what the Lord says.
2 “Make your tent bigger.
Open your doors wide.
Don’t think small!
Make your tent large and strong,
3 because you will grow in all directions.
Your children will take over many nations
and live in the cities that were destroyed.
4 Don’t be afraid!
You will not be disappointed.
People will not say bad things against you.
You will not be embarrassed.
When you were young, you felt shame.
But you will forget that shame now.
You will not remember the shame you felt
when you lost your husband.
5 Your real husband is the one who made you.
His name is the Lord All-Powerful.
The Holy One of Israel is your Protector,
and he is the God of all the earth!
6 “Like a woman whose husband has left her,
you were very sad.
You were like a young wife left all alone.
But the Lord has called you back to him.”
This is what your God says.
7 “For a short time I turned away from you,
but with all my love I will welcome you again.
8 I was so angry that for a while I did not want to see you.
But now I want to comfort you with kindness forever.”
The Lord your Savior said this.
9 “Remember, in Noah’s time I punished the world with the flood.
But I made a promise to Noah that I would never again destroy the world with water.
In the same way, I promise that I will never again be angry with you
and say bad things to you.
10 “The mountains may disappear,
and the hills may become dust,
but my faithful love will never leave you.
I will make peace with you,
and it will never end.”
The Lord who loves you said this.
11 “You poor city!
Enemies came against you like storms,
and no one comforted you.
But I will rebuild you.
I will use a beautiful mortar to lay the stones of your walls.
I will use sapphire stones when I lay the foundation.
12 The stones on top of the wall will be made from rubies.
I will use shiny jewels for the gates.
I will use precious stones to build the walls around you.
13 I, the Lord, will teach your children,
and they will have real peace.
14 You will be built on goodness.
You will be safe from cruelty and fear.
So you will have nothing to fear.
Nothing will come to hurt you.
15 I will never send anyone to attack you.
And if any army tries to attack you, you will defeat them.
16 “Look, I made the blacksmith. He blows on the fire to make it hotter. Then he takes the hot iron and makes the kind of tool he wants to make. In the same way, I made the ‘Destroyer’ to destroy things.
17 “People will make weapons to fight against you, but their weapons will not defeat you. Some people will say things against you, but anyone who speaks against you will be proved wrong.”
The Lord says, “That is what my servants get! They get the good things that come from me, their Lord.
— Isaiah 54 | Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
Easy-to-Read Version Bible Copyright © 2006 by Bible League International.
Cross References: Genesis 8:21; Genesis 9:11; Genesis 21:6; Genesis 26:22; Genesis 28:14; Exodus 35:18; 1 Samuel 13:19; 1 Samuel 23:17; Job 28:16; Psalm 30:5; Psalm 56:6; Isaiah 1:26-27; Isaiah 3:10; Isaiah 4:1; Isaiah 6:3; Isaiah 8:17; Isaiah 9:4; Isaiah 11:9; Isaiah 14:1-2; Isaiah 25:8; Isaiah 26:20; Isaiah 40:2; Isaiah 49:14; Isaiah 49:21; Zechariah 1:20; John 6:45; Acts 2:39; Galatians 4:27; Hebrews 12:27; James 4:6; Revelation 6:14; Revelation 21:19
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If They Should Come for Us // Fatimah Asghar
these are my people & I find
them on the street & shadow
through any wild all wild
my people my people
a dance of strangers in my blood
the old woman’s sari dissolving to wind
bindi a new moon on her forehead
I claim her my kin & sew
the star of her to my breast
the toddler dangling from stroller
hair a fountain of dandelion seed
at the bakery I claim them too
the sikh uncle at the airport
who apologizes for the pat
down the muslim man who abandons
his car at the traffic light drops
to his knees at the call of the azan
& the muslim man who sips
good whiskey at the start of maghrib
the lone khala at the park
pairing her kurta with crocs
my people my people I can’t be lost
when I see you my compass
is brown & gold & blood
my compass a muslim teenager
snapback & high-tops gracing
the subway platform
mashallah I claim them all
my country is made
in my people’s image
if they come for you they
come for me too in the dead
of winter a flock of
aunties step out on the sand
their dupattas turn to ocean
a colony of uncles grind their palms
& a thousand jasmines bell the air
my people I follow you like constellations
we hear the glass smashing the street
& the nights opening their dark
our names this country’s wood
for the fire my people my people
the long years we’ve survived the long
years yet to come I see you map
my sky the light your lantern long
ahead & I follow I follow
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save us, for still the tempest raves,
save, lest we sink beneath the waves
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I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples. [ Read devo thought and prayer for this Bible verse ]
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Live Review: Shame at New Century Hall in Manchester 11 March 2023
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Talking to Oneself // Denise Levertov
Try to remember, every April, not this one only
you feel you are walking underwater
in a lake stained by your blood.
When the east wind rips the sunlight
your neck feels thin and weak, your clothes
don’t warm you.
You feel you are lurching away from
deft shears, rough hands, your fleece
lies at the shepherd’s feet.
And in the first warm days each step
pushes you against a weight,
and you don’t want
to resist that weight
you want to stop, to return
to darkness
– but treaties made
over your head force you to
waver forward.
Yes, this year you feel
at a loss, there is no Demeter
to whom to return
if for a moment you saw
yourself as Persephone.
It is she, Demeter, has gone
down to the dark.
Or if it is Orpheus drawing you forth,
Eurydice,
he is inexorable, and does not look back
to let you go.
You are appalled to consider you may be destined
to live to a hundred.
But it is April,
there is nothing unique in your losses
your pain is commonplace
and your road ordained:
your steps will hurt you
you will arrive
as usual
at some condition you name summer:
an ample landscape,
voluptuous, calm,
of large, very still trees,
water meadows, dreamy
savannah distances,
where you will gather strength,
pulling ripe fruit from the boughs,
for winter and spring,
forgotten seasons.
Try to remember it is always this way.
You live
this April’s pain
now,
you will come
to other Aprils,
each will astonish you.
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"Blessed Assurance: Wisdom from Classic Hymns".
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The Adicts – Songs Of Praise
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