Katie: picture changed...
Thanks for your comments y'all!
Isaiah 4:1 concludes the really sad part and we move into Isaiah 4:2-6 and it's like this very abrupt, sudden change in tone... Why?
In reading the very depressing Isaiah 2 and 3 and then Isaiah 4, you find that in the midst of depressing judgment (that is a consequence of our sins) - there is redemption for those who remain - those who have endured the destruction and have repented. God does not desire bad things for us. He doesn't want punishment to be the last word. His love is.
Sometimes bad things happen as a consequence of our own actions - and sometimes it is a blessing. Why? Because if we do not recognize our own sinfulness and the destructive consequences of our sins - then we never recognize our need for God. It is there in the pit that we find ourselves crying out to God. It is in our lowest, deepest places that we find ourselves on our knees praying to God. Sometimes we pray when we have no more options left. You find people that have left the church for many years return when they face hardships. It would be nice if we were more committed to God - but our sinfulness gets in the way. But, God's love is bigger than that.
He wants to make us new. He wants to clean us up. He wants to wash away the filth.
Has an unwanted situation, punishment, circumstance come up in your life? Have you looked left, right, everywhere only to find that you only have one option left - UP?
What do you need to surrender to God? Or, do you need to return to God?
Exactly. God doesn't want to punish us, but clean us. :]
ReplyDeleteSometimes I feel as if I only seek God in times of trouble
BTW I look really stupid in that picture...oh well :p
Yes Yes!!!
ReplyDeleteI like totally agree!!!
God loves us so much, but if he has to punish us then he's doing it because he loves us and wants us to learn from our mistakes. And yes it is true that sometimes I never think about looking up. I think that the only solution to my problems are like what is around, not above me.
And I kinda think the picture is kinda awkward
cuz i look really......stupid........
Yeah, I agree. Is this like Jeremiah, when the bad stuff happens to Jerusalem? Or is it predicting that?
ReplyDeleteBut I don't think chapter 4 is that depressing.
Isn't it saying that God's going to wash the bloodstains off of the people?
and yeah , also i look really weird in the picture.
you should've kept the old one, where i wasn't there lol.
c'mon yall!'
ReplyDeletecan we please use our REALL names?
(but im guessin' ksh1n3y is kenny, cuz he looks funny in the picture. :P
and it starts with a k)
ill be makin more comments, just wanted to say that. :)
no one likes the picture.. i just read the comments... :(
ReplyDeletealso, p. rana, dont put my stupid comments in the bag, its unfair for others....
ReplyDeletecuz im putting a lot. :)