Thursday, September 06, 2012

THE GIFT FROM LIDIA



Isaiah 53

King James Version (KJV)
53 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

10 comments:

Crown of Beauty said...

Miles, culture, race ... they cannot separate us, dear Felisol. At the table of the Lord, we are one.

Much love
Lidia

Amrita said...

Glorious scriptures and song. Yes God reaches out to the broken and bruised people. This is our story this is a song.
Grace is God at work

Thank you for sharing this

Jada's Gigi said...

Awww! Sweet sisters

Terry said...

oh felisol what a gift that the lord has given crown of beauty and what a gift she has shared!
just to think that the lord jesus would pick up the likes of us and carry us in his arms...i will never forget the day that i was a lost prodigal living in the pig pen and then i got so tired of it and started on my way home, only to find the father with his heart overflowing with love, running to embrace me with open arms and after he hugged me, he put a new robe on me, a ring on my finger and shoes on my feet and just as dear crown of beauty's song says carried me to a great feast!
this hymn so reminds me of the kindness of king david......

And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?

2 And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he.

3 And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.

4 And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lodebar.

5 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.

6 Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!

7 And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.

8 And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?

9 Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thy master's son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house.

10 Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

11 Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons.

12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.

13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was lame on both his feet......

.how unworthy we are and yet he has saved us and we can praise him and tell him how worthy HE is!!....thanks crown of beauty and thanks dear felisol for sharing your gift from crown of beauty!...how my heart has been lifted up....love terry

Debbie Petras said...

A beautiful song that also blessed me! Isn't it so wonderful that we can live in different parts of the world and yet still connect like this? I too love to read Lidia's blog. She is a blessing to so many with her words and love.

Blessings and love,
Debbie

http://bitsandpieces-sonja.blogspot.com/ said...

This was a real gift. What a wonderful song and the scripture was perfect. Every single one of us knows what it is to be 'carried to the table'. Thanks God He carries us, loves us and sustains us. We are all the prodigal... saved only by God's grace. Wow!! :)

Annie Jeffries said...

Beautiful. I posted this on FB with a recommendation of having some tissue handy.

Love,
Annie

❀~Myrna~❀ said...

What He has done for us is beautiful! Great song,Great Post!

Life and Breath and Everything Else said...

Lovely post :)

❀~Myrna~❀ said...

I stopped by to say Hi, this post is a blessing to read again!