Contemplative Bible Reading

Isaiah 1:5 (New Living Translation)

Why do you continue to invite punishment?
Must you rebel forever?
Your head is injured,
and your heart is sick.

God is sending a question to the people through the prophet Isaiah. Simple question:

What are you doin’?

Their lives were bringing pain and suffering. Their minds were sick; their hearts were sick. Notice how their rebellion hurt both thought and emotion. Notice how God understands that some of us lean towards emotion while some lean towards intellect. It doesn’t matter as both were hurting and hurting themselves.

God the Creator, hmmm, that means God created us. God knows us. God advises us to do what is good for us, good for our hearts and minds.

But I want to try something here that might…

Proceed with caution. Please, proceed with caution. And God, please help us to know how cautious caution is and where the lines are the show caution, fear, hope, love, bravery, boldness, and all those subjective things that we tend to confuse.