Isaiah 58

Read Isaiah 58 today. It is a great Lent passage and a great "Get on board with God" passage. I read it and was oddly uplifted. I think I've been coming to terms recently with the idea that following God whole-heartedly is not a loss of freedom as much as it is the finding of complete fulfillment*, safety**, and good.

*Not fulfillment in the "I get everything I want right now" sense. Fulfillment in the "I get everything I have ever needed and never even knew I wanted" sense. 

**Not safety in the "easy" sense. Safety in the "I'm being led through the Valley of the Shadow of Death by a Shepherd who wouldn't dare let me get eaten by wolves" sense.