The ransomed of the LORD will return. They will enter Zion with singing: everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
Will this series of unfortunate events ever end? Or will the rest of my life by plagued by pain and sorrow? Is life on earth just a series of one painful event after another?
This is the sum of the questions I was asking when God showed me Isaiah 51:11. It was the verse listed on the top right hand side of the page and of course it got my attention because it was 51:11 (eleven). I find myself paying special attention to verse 11 anytime God brings it to my attention. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away? Really? Are YOU talking to me? What do you mean by that? I took a few moments to reflect and then moved on in the book I was using for my morning worship. I had completed almost all of the workbook for Beth Moore's study "Stepping Up" , but the last instruction read: Conclude with Isaiah 33: 3-10. To my astonishment verse 10 read, "and the ransomed of the LORD will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away." WHAT? Can this be a coincidence? Did I read that right? Are YOU talking to me? What are YOU saying? Dare I hope that YOU might mean what I hope it means?
In my mind, I can hear Beth Moore saying, "It is not your treasure til it makes it past your defenses."
