Good News for the Desolate and Forsaken
Click this link to hear an audio version of this sermon The text for today is our Old Testament lesson, Isaiah 62:1-5, which has already been read. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Imagine a prisoner, sitting chained in a dark dungeon for years. The hopelessness, the loneliness, the desolation, the feeling of being totally forsaken by everyone, including God. Nothing could be sadder, could it? Actually, it could be sadder. It is sadder. Because what this prisoner doesn’t realize is that she is not alone. The darkness has kept her from seeing that there are many other sisters and brothers right there all around her. The silence—hers and that of her fellow captives—has kept her from realizing that she is not alone. Many others are held in the same chains. And to make matters even worse, the darkness and silence have kept all of them from realizing that the doors to their prison were...