Bad News

O afflicted one, storm-tossed one, and not comforted, behold; I will . . .   Isaiah 54:11 Not Comforted – There was a time when God was not comforted.  You can read about it in Isaiah 22:4.  The Hebrew words lo nuchama (not comforted) describe God’s refusal to accept the bad news of the destruction of…

An Angry Wind

O afflicted one, storm-tossed one, and not comforted, behold; I will . . .   Isaiah 54:11 Storm-tossed One – Circumstances aren’t the only source of trauma in this world.  The Bible recognizes that a lot of life’s pain comes from another kind of storm; the kind that we experience in the angry wind of human…

When Life Hurts

O afflicted one, storm-tossed one, and not comforted, behold; I will . . .   Isaiah 54:11 Afflicted One – The life of a believer is not peaches and cream.  (But you already knew that, didn’t you?)  In fact, believers have a deeper, more disturbing experience of affliction than those who do not follow the way…