Isaiah 30:15-21
15 This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says: “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength,
but you would have none of it. 16 You said, ‘No, we will flee on horses.‘ Therefore you will flee! You said, ‘We will ride off on swift horses.‘
Therefore your pursuers will be swift! 17 A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee away, till you are left like a flagstaff on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.” 18 Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! 19 O people of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. How gracious he will be when you cry for help! As soon as he hears, he will answer you. 20 Although the Lord gives you
the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, your teachers will be hidden no more; with your own eyes you will see them. 21 Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”
Reflection
Today we will try Lectio Divina. This is a process of reading the scripture three times. After each reading answer the questions here for that reading and then read the scripture again. This process will help us focus on scripture in a different way.
1st Reading: What is one word or phrase the Holy Spirit impresses on you? Meditate on that.
2nd Reading: Enter into the scripture passage. What do you feel? What specific situation in your life today relates? Write down a prayer or pray quietly.
3rd Reading: What is God’s personal invitation for you from the scripture? You can write down what God may be saying to you, write a prayer of thanks, or rest quietly in God.
