Abundance, Everywhere
Isaiah 55:10-13
This sermon was illustrated with pics from Matt’s most recent hike. View the slides and follow along HERE.
Isaiah 55:10-13 (NRSV):
10 For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there until they have watered the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, 11 so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose and succeed in the thing for which I sent it. 12 For you shall go out in joy and be led back in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall burst into song, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress; instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle, and it shall be to the Lord for a memorial, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Queries:
Where do I experience abundance in the world around me?
What places do I enter with joy and leave with peace?
What have I learned or am I learning from nature?