Susan LaffertyNever fails to catch my heart. Luminous words about the Savior. Back in the major and minor prophets.
Mystery to the listeners.
But revealed to us in the New Testament and the coming of Christ.
Today, consider Isaiah 64 and Israel’s prayer.
“Watch and pray.”
Jesus said this to His followers. In the hours leading up to His arrest and trial and crucifixion.
Garden of Gethsemane. Place of excruciating surrender.
“Not my will, but Yours be done.”
A place called Marah. “Bitter.”
Men, women, and children trudge through wilderness. After Egypt. After walking between walls of sea. After escaping the enemy.
But now. On the other side. There’s no water anywhere.
Until they reach Marah.
And they find it so. The water, that is.
Bitter.
