Hear me, O house of Jacob, all who remain of the house of Israel,
My burden since your birth, whom I have carried from infancy.
Even to your old age I am the same, even when your hair is gray (or gone?) I will bear you;
It is I who have done this, I who will continue, and I who will carry you to safety . . .
Listen to me, you fainthearted, you who seem far from the victory of justice:I am bringing on my justice, it is not far off, my salvation shall not tarry;
I will put salvation within Zion, and give to Israel my glory. - Is 46: 3-4, 12-13
These words remind me that I am not the first to experience God's presence and power and then to know doubt and darkness. His dawn breaks forth when it will best reveal His glory, but meanwhile He will not cease to sustain us through the night.
No man has ever seen God or known him, but God has revealed Himself to us through faith, by 87 which alone it is possible to see Him. - from a letter to Diognetus
I want to know, and God is reminding me that He has given me something that is better for me, now, than knowing: He has provided the gift of faith.
The whole of today's Office of Readings, including the Psalms, is worth the time, bringing me a great sense of God's loving presence exactly where I am.
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