Beautiful Christmas (Isaiah 59:9)
Well, the baby, we were waiting for has arrived. We are proud Grandparents now and we are looking forward to the growing years of this new child. This was pretty well the highlight of this Christmas season. We have of course enjoyed the deeper meaning of this time. I have kept reading my French Bible, In Isaiah 59:9 I read in French about the reason God does not give us always what he has promised to us right away. We seek for one thing, and he gives the opposite. Voila pourquoi Dieu met du temps a intervenir pour nous et repousse a plus tard ce qu’il a promis Nous esperons voir la Lumiere, Mais c’est partout l’obscurite. Nous attendions que le jour se leve, Mais nous marchons dans la nuit noire. The same verse in the Common English Bible is: Because of all this, justice is far from us, And righteousness beyond our reach. We expect light, and there is darkness; We await a gleam of light, but walk about in gloom. ...