"Is anyone thirsty? Come and drink—even
if you have no money! Come, take your choice of wine or milk—it's all free! Why
spend your money on food that does not give you strength? Why pay for food that
does you no good? Listen, and I will tell you where to get food that is good
for the soul!
"Come
to me with your ears wide open. Listen, for the life of your soul is at stake.
I am ready to make an everlasting covenant with you. I will give you all the
mercies and unfailing love that I promised to David. He displayed my power by
being my witness and a leader among the nations. You also will command the
nations, and they will come running to obey, because I, the Lord your God, the
Holy One of Israel, have made you glorious."
Seek
the Lord while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near. Let the
people turn from their wicked deeds. Let them banish from their minds the very
thought of doing wrong! Let them turn to the Lord that he may have mercy on
them. Yes, turn to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
"My
thoughts are completely different from yours," says the Lord. "And my
ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are
higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts
higher than your thoughts.
"The
rain and snow come down from the heavens and stay on the ground to water the
earth. They cause the grain to grow, producing seed for the farmer and bread
for the hungry. It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always
produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper
everywhere I send it. You will live in joy and peace. The mountains and hills
will burst into song, and the trees of the field will clap their hands! Where
once there were thorns, cypress trees will grow. Where briers grew, myrtles
will sprout up. This miracle will bring great honor to the Lord's name; it will
be an everlasting sign of his power and love.
(NLT)
This reading is taken from 30
Scripture Readings for New Christians. The complete book can be found here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005KYN34Q
HOLY BIBLE, NEW LIVING TRANSLATION copyright © 1996. Used by
permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All
rights reserved.
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