Friday, July 29, 2016

The Repairer of the Breach

In Reverend William Barber's DNC convention speech, which I enjoyed a great deal, he references Isaiah 58:12, the passage about "the repairer of the breach":

"If you take away from the midst of you the yoke,
the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,
if you pour yourself out for the hungry
and satisfy the desire of the afflicted,
then shall your light rise in the darkness
and your gloom be as the noonday.

And the LORD will guide you continually,
and satisfy your desire with good things,
and make your bones strong;
and you shall be like a watered garden,
like a spring of water,
whose waters fail not.

And your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt;
you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
you shall be called the repairer of the breach,
the restorer of streets to dwell in."

And who among us does not want to be a "repairer of the breach and a restorer of streets to dwell in"? Who among us does not want to take away the pointing of the (twitter) finger and the speaking of (cable news) wickedness? I'm sure the Bible has many other passages that speak to our present situation, but I found this one particularly wonderful.