...in conversation with Isaiah 40 and the rest of chapter 55. This is God's judgment and mercy. Please let's not make God anemic - let's take the full blessings of God and spread them around to everyone, with joy! Sure, we get mixed up in some hard times, captivity even, terrible things that happen to us and our loved ones. But the Lord will be found when we seek, the Lord will give water, bread, wine and milk, forgiveness for free.