The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,
Because the LORD has anointed me
To bring good news to the afflicted;
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to captives,
And freedom to prisoners;
To grant those who mourn in Zion,
to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes,
The oil of gladness instead of mourning,
The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting
So they will be called oaks of righteousness,
The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
Isaiah 61: 1,3
In effort to try and get this scripture into my head and heart I've started a series of sketches depicting some of these things. I was encouraged in my reading to see that when Jesus read scripture at the temple and said this has been fulfilled in your time it was this passage. He is a healer and comforter, restorer.
