December 4, 2017 Monday

A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. The spirit of the LORD shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. His delight shall be in the fear of the LORD. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide by what his ears hear; but with righteousness he shall judge the poor. Isaiah 11:1—4a

            That which has been cut off will be the stump from which the hope of all eternity and all of creation shall grow from!  The line of David produced bad king to worse king and finally Israel was judged by God, found guilty and punished horrifically. 

            But from the stump would come the Christ Child who would fulfill all the promises of God and the hope of all creation!  From failure, defeat, sinfulness and defilement would come the Son of God who by wisdom and understanding will judge us righteously.  Even the poor will find a right judgment and a righteous Judge. 

            We wait for the hope of God to rise from our stump and for the Righteous Judge to be born into this most unrighteous world.  From the stump of unrighteous kings will come a most Righteous Judge who will see beyond what we are to what God has created us to be!

            We wait for this Righteous Judge to return and to make a new heaven and a new earth!  We wait for His coming to be made new ourselves and to once again be able to see God face to face!

            LOOK AND WAIT!  The Shoot is breaking forth and the Branch is growing!

            After sleeping a long time I hoped I would have a good day but it was still a struggle.  It has been a while since I have had what I used to consider a good day. Now a good day is what I used to consider a bad day. I seem to be able to do less and less and my hands seem to struggle more. I have started using the Google speech to type my messages or just my blog.

But God is so good in that the worse I get the more I feel His presence and strength. Bonnie and Rebecca and Jonathan are such a big help to me and I bless God for them. I know Sarah and Levi keep me in their thoughts and prayers and that helps me so much. I thank God for each day and for each blessing.