Posts Tagged ‘Hope’
Isaiah 42:25:
So [the LORD] poured on [Israel] the heat of his anger
and the might of battle;
it set him on fire all around, but he did not understand;
it burned him up, but he did not take it to heart.
This verse terrifies me. Not because of the Lord’s manifest anger and judgment against his rebellious people. But [...]
I’m tired of being a sinner. I sing with hope and longing the words of the hymn, “on that day when freed from sinning I shall see his lovely face.” On that day I shall be like him, because I will see him as he is.
There is another song, from youth group days, that encourages [...]
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No Other Way Out
June 22, 2008 in Meditations, Quotes
Tags: Calvin's Commentaries, Futility, Hope, Isaiah
Isaiah 42:16: “And I will lead the blind
in a way that they do not know,
in paths that they have not known
I will guide them.
I will turn the darkness before them into light,
the rough places into level ground.
These are the things I do,
and I do not forsake them.”
Calvin: “It is often advantageous to us also to [...]