What is in my Right Hand
Isaiah 44:20 (New International Version) 20 He feeds on ashes, a deluded heart misleads him; he cannot save himself, or say, "Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?" It is the last day of the last long weekend of summer. I sit in a spot shaded from the bright sun, a small deck on the north side of our house. This is a quiet place to read, escaping the drone of the vacuum inside, where Brenda is busy cleaning. Out here the wind whispers through a nearby bushy maple tree and the are crickets chirping their rhythmic song. It almost feels as though summer will last forever. Paul adds to the sound-symphony with the drone of the garden tractor, interspersed with the hum of the whipper-snipper. But the season is changing. School is starting and there is energy, a certain nervous tension, and anticipation in the air. My reading today is from the book of Isaiah, a passage (chapter 44) that contrasts the LIVING GOD, with the things that men make and give their lives to. Craftsmen in...