All Creation Waits, Day 20 – Instead of Thorns, Cypress Shall Grow

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All Creation Waits, Day 20 - Instead of Thorns, Cypress Shall Grow

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All Creation Waits, Day 20 – Instead of Thorns, Cypress Shall Grow
Week 3 – 3rd Sunday of Advent – Waiting in Joy (Isaiah 55)

Isaiah 55:13a
13a Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress;
instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle,

Thoughts
God’s redemption doesn’t just heal – it transforms. Where there was pain, beauty springs up. Where there was curse, blessings bloom. Advent joy looks at the world’s brokenness and believes in God’s power to plant something new there. This promise is the story of creation’s renewal and ours.

Question
What “thorny” place in your life might God be transforming into something fruitful?

Prayer
Lord, transform the thorny places in me. Make beauty grow where pain once lived …