28 Mar 2026
Leaving a Land of Division
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Thus says the Lord God: I will take the people of Israel from the nations among which they have gone, and will gather them from every quarter, and bring them to their own land. I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them all. Never again shall they be two nations, and never again shall they be divided into two kingdoms. They shall never again defile themselves with their idols and their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all the apostasies into which they have fallen, and will cleanse them. Then they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
My servant David shall be king over them; and they shall all have one shepherd. They shall follow my ordinances and be careful to observe my statutes. They shall live in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, in which your ancestors lived; they and their children and their children’s children shall live there forever; and my servant David shall be their prince forever. I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will bless them and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary among them forevermore. My dwelling place shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Then the nations shall know that I the Lord sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary is among them forevermore.
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
General editor:
29 March 2026 @ 1:36 am
Calling me to end my actions of defilement… walking into holy go with this thought. Thank you.
29 March 2026 @ 1:37 am
Thanks so much Kathleen! A wonderful reminder. I am attracted to your reference to “God’s Parenting” ! I’m staying with that comforting image! May we walk into His Lynn Week together!
In Hope, Connie Koch
29 March 2026 @ 1:38 am
Oops-meant to type:
“into holy week, going with this thought “
29 March 2026 @ 2:39 am
Elyse, I rather liked “walking into holy.” Gives purpose to every step I take, this week, and always.
29 March 2026 @ 4:59 am
What an insightful homiletic offering for the people of God during Lent. I join you in the prayer that we all make the transition from that which divides us from right praise and practice and joins us firmly with one another in Christ.