Monday

Lectio Divina is a way of reading and reflecting on the scriptures. As a way of reading together, even though we are separate, consider setting aside fifteen minutes at noon. You're also welcome to post a comment on this blog, something meaningful or significant that comes to you.

Read through the text three times. If possible, read the text aloud. After each reading, use the prompts below to shape your reflections. 

Isaiah 42.1-9
Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations. He will not cry or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street; a bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice. He will not grow faint or be crushed until he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his teaching.
Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it: I am the Lord, I have called you in righteousness, I have taken you by the hand and kept you; I have given you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations, to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness. I am the Lord, that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to idols. See, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth, I tell you of them.

Prompts:

(Read verse first time through)
1. What word or phrase stands out to you from the reading?


(Read verse second time through)
2. What invitation or challenge do you find in the reading?


(Read verse third time through) 
3. What are you grateful for?

Closing
Between the words,
beneath the words,
beyond the words,
may God meet you
in the places
where words cannot go.
Jan Richardson (Voices Together 990)