Messiah 🙏🙏

So many of Isaiah’s prophesies look forward to the coming of the Messiah! 🫂

No wonder we read so many of them during Advent and Lent.🫂

In today’s passage, we read not only the virtues that the Messiah will possess but also the gifts that the Holy Spirit gives us. 🫂

If you were to ask for just one of them today, which would it be?

As I write this, I am preparing for a trip, with silence

I would ask for a spirit of counsel and proper judgment.

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I have been there before, but there have been some severe storms in my soul, and I don’t know what challenges I might face. 🫂

There were times when I most needed wisdom, and others required understanding. 🫂

It can be hard to understand what another person is going through, and we need to know when compassion is called for and when we need to give tough love. 🫂

When are we showing mercy, and when are we enabling destructive behaviour? 🫂

Although it is not our job to judge, we are often called to make the right decision as to how to help. 🫂

Our lives take different turns each day, and our situation may call for one or another of these gifts. 🫂

We must remember that all we have to do is ask, and God will answer.🫂