{"id":77880,"date":"2020-09-14T09:17:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T16:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=77880"},"modified":"2020-09-14T09:37:23","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T16:37:23","slug":"honest-questions-from-isaiah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2020\/09\/14\/honest-questions-from-isaiah\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Monday: Honest Questions From Isaiah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My wife and I are trying to finish reading through the Bible in a year. At the moment, our Old Testament reading is coming from Isaiah and it put me in mind of this song from my youth by Daniel Bedingfield:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QyZiuYPbl9M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Can you see<br>The honest questions in my heart this hour?<br>I&#8217;m opening like a flower to the rain<br>And do you know<br>The silent sorrows of a<br>Never ending journey through the pain<br><br><em>Do you see a brighter day for me?<br>Another day?<br>A day?<br>Do you wonder what&#8217;s in store for me?<br>The cure for me?<br>The way?<\/em><br><br><em>Oh look down and see the tears I&#8217;ve cried<br>The lives I&#8217;ve lived<br>The deaths I&#8217;ve died<br>But you died them too<br>And all for me <br>And you say: <br><br>&#8220;I will pour my water down<br>Upon a thirsty barren land<br>And streams will flow from the dust of<br>Your bruised and broken soul<br>You will grow like the grass<br>Upon the the fertile plains of Asia<br>By the streams of living water<br>You will grow<br>You will grow&#8221;<\/em><br><br>Do you know<br>My story from the start?<br>And do you know me<br>Like you&#8217;ve always told me?<br><br>Do you see<br>The whispers in my heart against your kindness<br>My eternal blindness<br>Do you see?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My faith came alive around the time this song came out and I remember that, as I listened to the album, when I came to this song, something seemed very familiar:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>I will pour my water down<\/em><\/p><p><em>Upon a thirsty barren land<\/em><\/p><p><em>And streams will flow from the dust of<\/em><\/p><p><em>Your bruised and broken soul<\/em><\/p><p><em>You will grow like the grass<\/em><\/p><p><em>Upon the the fertile plains of Asia<\/em><\/p><p><em>By the streams of living water<\/em><\/p><p><em>You will grow<\/em><\/p><p><em>You will grow&#8221;<\/em><\/p><cite>Daniel Bedingfield, Honest Questions (Chorus)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;and it finally clicked:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring. They shall spring up like grass amid waters, like willows by flowing streams<\/p><cite>Isaiah 44:3-4<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;which is itself alluded to by Jesus in John&#8217;s Gospel:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and proclaimed, \u201cIf any one thirst, let him come to me and drink. 38 He who believes in me, as[a] the scripture has said, \u2018Out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water.\u2019\u201d<\/p><cite>John 7:37-38<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My wife and I are trying to finish reading through the Bible in a year. 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