Imagine yourself in Matthew 8:14-17: “When Jesus entered Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever; he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve him.  That evening, they brought to him many who were possessed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word and cured all who were sick.  This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah, “He took our infirmities and bore our diseases.”

Isaiah 40:1-11--Today I invite you to read this passage of scripture slowly and aloud and in small sections.  Perhaps you can imagine yourself in the place of the author. Imagine yourself sitting somewhere with a pen and parchment, and you and God having this conversation. Perhaps you even write this passage of scripture by hand and then read it aloud.

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