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Friends in Christ,

For the Lord shall comfort Zion... and He will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. ( Isaiah 51:3)

Let us focus on the word " comfort " for one moment. I do believe that it is very much part of human nature that we have such a desire to have "comfort", which offcourse comes in many different ways, it comes in material possessions, and comes to us also in having a lot of loving relatives and friends around us. You only have to switch on your television set and all of sudden you fave a barrage of commercials telling you that you this deserve this lifestyle, in other words you deserve this comfort. Then comes the contrast, all of sudden the news bulletin comes on and yet we are faced with barrage of misery, crime and sufferings. Well, all this is far removed from our " comfort zone " We are so used to bad news , that we dont flick an eyelid. Or am I really incorrect in making this statement" Do we as Catholic Christians really understand that God does not comfort us to make us comfortable, but TO MAKE US COMFORTORS.

Is there a message for you and I in Isaiah, that we should move more often out of our comfort zone and go out into the world and be " comforters"

What do you think?

Have a blessed weekend,

In XC

Ed Bakker