as iron sharpens iron

isaiah 25:2,4
you have made the city a heap of rubble,
the fortified town a ruin
you have been a refuge for the poor,
a refuge for the needy in his distress,
a shelter from the storm
and a shade from the heat.

besides loving the last few lines,
the last one especially because it's such a silly little human thing-
a shade from the heat.

it's like my bug repellant and alarm clock thing-
jesus cares about all my little needs :)

anyway, something cool that jumped out to me tonight in the midst of all the shelter-related terms whether regarding the upkeep or the destruction of is that yeah, God may tear things down- cities, towns.. but HE has been a refuge, HE has been a shelter, HE has been a shade. what is a city or a town or a nation compared to Him! it's like He rips down a lean-to and in its place builds a mansion. it's a good thing :)

you helped me fall back in love with God's word and once again, i'm so hungry to know His word inside and out and left and right. it's so alive! or as timothy wrote in 2 timothy, God-breathed.

not God-written,
not even God-spoken,
but God-breathed-
what a God.

road to recovery? :)

p.s. if you happen to ever be reading this, probably not in the here and now, maybe one day, the answer is yes, i wrote this after our conversation :)