Saturday, January 28, 2012

Is. 40:21-31 OT Notes

1)This is no deistic God. Yes, God is the awe-inspiring creator, but god is involved in the work of creation.Indeed god's understanding is unsearchable (v.28)
2) while we are made a little lower than the angels (Ps. 8) we are quite small in the divine perspective. All the more reason to be astonished at god's care for us.
3) This could be a good entree into a discussion of memory and teaching the faith.
4) I do not know if the host of heaven means divine beings or stars.
5) God has hear Israel's complain in the second part of the passage and responds.
6)As a middle aged person facing radiation therapy, I dearly love this promise of new found energy in god at the conclusion of the passage.
7)This poem of power does bring up this issue why this immense power does not make life easier more often.
8) One could play Joncas's "On Eagle's Wings" with this passage.
9) For the early image, one could bring in Hubble telescope pictures or pictures from our spaceships in our solar system.
10) Is v. 24 about princes or life in general?

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