Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Musical interlude of the day



Key passage about the importance of fasting in Lent Isaiah 58.

which is why Obama says he is following Jesus.

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update: No I was not being sarcastic.


5 Is this the kind of fast I have chosen,
only a day for people to humble themselves?
Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed
and for lying in sackcloth and ashes?
Is that what you call a fast,
a day acceptable to the LORD?

6 “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice
and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free
and break every yoke?
7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry
and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter—
when you see the naked, to clothe them,
and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn,
and your healing will quickly appear;
then your righteousness[a] will go before you,
and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.

quick: Does that sound like the Democrats or the Republicans?
The reason that I don't always vote Democrat is that part about "turning away your own flesh and blood".

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