Living out Scripture Meme

I was tagged by Andrew (See will-god-keep-gumtrees? in the blog list) with this meme* (I'm not sure I even want to use a word coined by Richard Dawkins) - the focus of which is to identify "that verse or story from scripture which is important to you, which you find yourself re-visiting time after time."

It accords well with my 'Shaped by Scripture' series, so I should direct you to the previous posts in this series that would all be appropriate contributions to this meme, but I will add another in direct response.


Isaiah 40:21-31.

Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
Has it not been told you from the beginning?
Have you not understood since the earth was founded?

He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth,
and its people are like grasshoppers.
He stretches out the heavens like a canopy,
and spreads them out like a tent to live in.

He brings princes to naught
and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.

No sooner are they planted,
no sooner are they sown,
no sooner do they take root in the ground,
than he blows on them and they wither,
and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.

"To whom will you compare me?
Or who is my equal?" says the Holy One.

Lift your eyes and look to the heavens:
Who created all these?
He who brings out the starry host one by one,
and calls them each by name.
Because of his great power and mighty strength,
not one of them is missing.
Why do you say, O Jacob,
and complain, O Israel,
"My way is hidden from the LORD;
my cause is disregarded by my God"?

Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.

He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.

Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.


These verses ( I could've quoted the entire chapter) represent to me the tip of the iceberg of the massive biblical vision of the Holiness and Majesty of Almighty God - in Creation and in Salvation. These verses remind me of the strength, authority and infinite worth of God that are the hope of weak and powerless people.

I now tag Jason Au, Jacko, Laura T, Jill W and Scotty M.





*meme - unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another. [Origin: 1976; < Gk mīmeǐsthai to imitate, copy; coined by R. Dawkins, Brit. biologist]Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)