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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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