Today’s blog post also serves as today’s dose of HOPE. It contains two Scripture passages that to me are related because our ultimate HOPE is in Jesus our LIGHT.

John 1:4-5, NASB:
⁴ In Him was life, and the life was the LIGHT of men. 
⁵ The LIGHT shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

…….Isaiah 51:3-5, NLT:
³ The Lord will comfort Israel again
and have pity on her ruins.
Her desert will blossom like Eden,
her barren wilderness like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness will be found there.
Songs of thanksgiving will fill the air.

⁴ “Listen to me, my people.
Hear me, Israel,
for my law will be proclaimed,
and my justice will become a LIGHT to the nations.

⁵ My mercy and justice are coming soon.
My salvation is on the way.
My strong arm will bring justice to the nations.
All distant lands will look to me
and wait in HOPE for my powerful arm.