Hello friends,

I hope this finds all of you well. Sadly, this will be my last e-musing as the pastor of LMBC, as this Sunday will be my last Sunday. I have enjoyed writing these thoughts and have appreciated your occasional comments. I intend to continue the practice when I am in Rhode Island, and if you would like to continue to receive my thoughts, please let me know.

The message for this week comes from Isaiah 40:1-11. This starts with the beautiful and powerful cry, “Comfort, o comfort my people.” God is looking down on the people of Israel, sees their suffering and desires comfort. God offers a path of comfort, a place of comfort for the people to walk. God desires comfort for the people.

In this passage I hear hope for us. I hear a hope that God wants to comfort us as well. The challenge is if we will accept the comfort of the Lord. This means we acknowledge that we need God’s help. This means we acknowledge the places where we are struggling and suffering. This means we acknowledge the hurts in our lives and invite God in. If we lie and say everything is fine, then how can we accept God’s comfort? Find your wilderness and listen for the Lord. Find your struggles and listen for the comfort and the peace of the Lord. Blessings to all of you.

Peace,

Jonathan

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Rev. Jonathan A. Malone

Pastor

Lower Merion Baptist Church

Bryn Mawr, PA

610-525-1855

http://www.lowermerionbaptist.org/

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