The Longing God: A Meditation on Isaiah 55
The most amazing thing about this passage, at least to me, is the evident fact that God is longing, too.
The most amazing thing about this passage, at least to me, is the evident fact that God is longing, too.
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So let’s call this an exercise in religio-anthropological observation. A kind of disambiguation attempt.