Micah 6:8
Isaiah 6:1-9
Yes, your life matters.
We all are still sheltering in place, but I'm here to keep you sane and entertained.
One could hardly ask for much more than that, now could one?
Yesterday was Ludwig van Beethoven's 250th birthday. In celebration, our local classical music station - WRCJ 90.9 FM - played essentially all Beethoven from 6AM to 7PM. It was amazingly diverse. One might think that thirteen hours of music by one composer would get monotonous. It was anything but. How instructive to see that one man could write in so many different genres and adapt his style to match the requirements of each of them. (Have you ever noticed how Flemish that name looks? Ludwig van Beethoven doesn't sound like a German name to me.)
Anyway, it made me think of the objections to there being an actual Isaiah who wrote the eponymous prophetic book in the Bible. "There are three different styles of writing, so there must be three different writers. There can't have been an Isaiah, so the whole thing borders on a fraud. Move on, there's nothing to see here."
Well, I know that when I write about different things, my writing style is different. Why wouldn't that be the case with others? Well, of course it is. No one would expect the oracles of God, poetic laments, and historical recording to be written in the same style - and that's exactly what's going on in Isaiah.
Thanks for the insight, Ludwig! You have to be true to the truth, and have style!
Keep Calm and Stay Away.
I'll be back tomorrow.
The mental health issues related to our lockdown and the pandemic are especially hard for people with depression. NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, has a 24 hour helpline: 800-950-6264.
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