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TODAY’S WORD…

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For as the earth brings forth its shoots,
and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up,
so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise
to spring up before all the nations.

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– Isaiah 61:11 (NRSV)

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REFLECTION…

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What an exceedingly beautiful picture

– that on the coming of the Messiah,

truth and righteousness springs up and abounds

just like a garden comes to life when the earth is watered with rain.

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Like the shoot, or the young and tender plant as it comes up from the earth

– that which first appears from the seed –

so God’s great work of salvation breaks out and appears

and righteousness springs forth when Christ is born!

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That spirit of righteousness abounds over all the earth

as men and women of goodwill celebrate

and joyfully praise the bountiful love of God.

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REPETITIVE PRAYER FOR TODAY…

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Glory be to You, O Heavenly Father,

for loving us so much!

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