40:6-7 ‘“All people are like grass, and all their
faithfulness is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the
flowers fall, because the breath of the Lord blows on them.’
As people
age their physical appearance, form and strength changes. Aches and pains,
hearing, eyesight, physical stamina signal change. And memory can be impaired
in old age. The world we live in values
what it defines as beauty, image, power, style and possession. Celebrity
magazines sell well. Yet, the true beauty is within known to, and seen by, God
alone. We might catch a glimpse of this beauty within from time to time. It is
said that the eyes are the window to the soul.
(From
Chapter 40 onwards, the tone, style and context of the Book of Isaiah changes.
Scholars believe that chapters 40-55 were written by a different person and at
a different time – when the people of Israel were in captivity in Babylon and
Jerusalem had already been destroyed. Middle Isaiah – chapters 40-55 – are full
of consolation and hope).
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