Read: Isaiah 40:1-9
“When you open the Bible, do you know what you find? You find the stories that trace the branches of Jesus’ family. You find people who were big cheaters, bad liars, weaseling sneakers, battling brothers, fighting families, and all the beaten up and brokenhearted.
...And things got so rotten that his [Jesus’] family tree looked more like the stump of a tree cut right off. But right out of this stump. This budding branch – this green shoot of new hope, new starts, new freedom for the whole family – was Jesus!”
~Ann Voskamp, from Unwrapping the Greatest Gift
This morning's Isaiah text (yearning for all rough places to be made plain) is part of Handel's Messiah --found here in traditional version and soul. Take your pick:
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