This passage from Isaiah speaks to the messianic hopes of the nation of Israel but has sometimes been taken up by Christians as a heavenly vision, a peaceable kingdom in which there is no more suffering and no more death.

Are you like me, itching for new surroundings for an end to the new way of life this pandemic has handed us? Consider your motivator.

No matter who you vote for today, pray for our country. No matter who you vote for today, pray for its leaders. No matter who you vote for today, pray for its people.

Live your life in a way that when you die, you are dancing in joy, so that those you love will do the same.

“You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power…”

“Holy, holy, holy, the Lord God the Almighty, who was and is and is to come…”