http://www.vox.com/explore/posts/tags/godsrefreshingword/page/1/ en Vox Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:36:39 +0000 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss godsrefreshingword http://elsalioness.vox.com/library/post/gods-refreshing-word.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(elsalioness) http://elsalioness.vox.com/library/post/gods-refreshing-word.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://elsalioness.vox.com/library/post/gods-refreshing-word.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:36:39 +0000 <p><strong><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;">Read: Isaiah 55:8-11</span></span></strong> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;">In the </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;">Holy Land</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;"> after a rainstorm, dry ground can seemingly sprout vegetation overnight. Isaiah used rain&#39;s renewal to illustrate God&#39;s refreshing Word: &quot;As the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and do not return there, but water the earth, and make it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it&quot; (Isaiah 55:10-11).</span></span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;"><strong><span style="font-size: 1.25em;">Scripture carries spiritual vitality. That&#39;s why it doesn&#39;t return void. Wherever it encounters an open heart, it brings refreshment, nourishment, and new life. The Bible is to a thirsty soul what water is to a barren land.</span></strong></span></p> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://elsalioness.vox.com/library/post/gods-refreshing-word.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398a88d04000300f48cf270760002?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> godsrefreshingword