Today's Daily Lesson comes from Isaiah chapter 11 verse 1:
"There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse,
and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit."
In these last days before Christmas, we begin to hold more tightly to the promises:
When the mighty oak is razed and its strength of beauty cut down,
we weep from sorrow at what is lost and shall not be seen again.
The last of a generation lost.
Our place of refuge cut down and destroyed.
The mighty oak of generations -- felled finally by common death.
After the burning, there is nothing left.
No branches to swing from with laughter,
No leaves to delight or take shade in,
No trunk to wrap our arms around.
There is nothing now to behold, run towards, or hide in.
All our hope now is beneath the ground,
In a shoot from the stump of Jesse
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