My Good King

I was reading Isaiah 6 this morning and I am always so impressed with Isaiah's quick response to God's call.  Verses five through eight always convict me for several reasons. "So I said: “Woe  is  me, for I am undone! Because I  am  a man of unclean lips, And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, The  Lord  of hosts.” Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal  which  he had taken with the tongs from the altar.  And he touched my mouth  with it,  and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; Your iniquity is taken away, And your sin purged.” Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here  am  I! Send me.” Sometimes I doubt that God is calling me to something.   Like Isaiah, I feel very unclean and unworthy to serve our mighty God.  If I were God, I would pick someone more holy, with a "clean" past, etc.  I woul

Sorry for my long absence.   I didn't realize it had been so long.  Now that school is starting, I will probably only be posting once per week.  Life becomes so overwhelming during the school year. This post will be about what God showed me this summer in Nehemiah 3.   I already mentioned the gate where Nehemiah began his rebuilding --the Sheep Gate .  I found that study to be fascinating. The next gate that is rebuilt is the Fish Gate.   The Fish Gate was called such because it was the gate where the fish market was; people would go there to buy their fish.   This has obvious symbolism: once we have received Jesus (the Lamb who was slain for us) , we have a duty to become "fishers of men," as Jesus told his disciples.  In fact, once we receive the amazing gift of salvation, we are usually so excited and grateful that we cannot wait to share our faith with others so that they, too, can have the same hope and joy as we do.  :) The Israelites next concentrate on re