08/11/2023
Thanks to George Kakekaspan I’m reading through Isaiah 57 today … it’s quite the read in the Message for summer 2023. Politics, injustice, the point of life as we know, what to prioritize…
Appointments can be heavy depending on who you are seeing in Chaplaincy. I take the time to read in between. Padre O’Brien lesson 8 I think from Manresa. At any rate, if you find the Bible a dull read or haven’t had a look in a while, check out the Message translation for a change.
“Meanwhile, right-living people die and no one gives them a thought. God-fearing people are carted off and no one even notices. The right-living people are out of their misery, they’re finally at rest. They lived well and with dignity and now they’re finally at peace. “But you, children of a witch, come here! Sons of a slut, daughters of a w***e. What business do you have taunting, sneering, and sticking out your tongue? Do you have any idea what wretches you’ve turned out to be? A race of rebels, a generation of liars. You satisfy your lust any place you find some shade and fornicate at whim. You kill your children at any convenient spot— any cave or crevasse will do. You take stones from the creek and set up your sex-and-religion shrines. You’ve chosen your fate. Your worship will be your doom. You’ve climbed a high mountain to practice your foul sex-and-death religion. Behind closed doors you assemble your precious gods and goddesses. Deserting me, you’ve gone all out, stripped down and made your bed your place of worship. You’ve climbed into bed with the ‘sacred’ w***es and loved every minute of it, adoring every curve of their naked bodies. You anoint your king-god with ointments and lavish perfumes on yourselves. You send scouts to search out the latest in religion, send them all the way to hell and back. You wear yourselves out trying the new and the different, and never see what a waste it all is. You’ve always found strength for the latest fad, never got tired of trying new religions.”
Isaiah 57:1-10 MSG
Meanwhile, right-living people die and no one gives them a thought. God-fearing people are carted off and no one even notices. The right-living people are out of their misery, they’re finally at rest.
