Flax when ignited, smolders. Sparks follow one another slowly along its fibers. So it is that our love for God is often fitful and irregular. Isaiah tells us that God will not quench the smouldering flax so that the spluttering love of a believing heart is not despised by God but cherished so that it can be brought to a flame by His power. This book follows the vivid, lively and even staggering writing of Isaiah with a reading for each day of the year. Here is encouragement and hope for your heart in a post 9/11 world. Here is pity that is unrivalled and comfort that is divine.
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