OUR FATHER FROM WHOM WE ARE SEPARATED BECAUSE OF OUR INIQUITY

Isaiah 59 verses 8 - 10 says this;

The way of peace they do not know; there is no justice in their paths.

They have turned them into crooked roads; no one who walks along them will know peace.

So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us.

We look for light, but all is darkness;  for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.

Like the blind we grope along the wall, feeling our way like people without eyes.

At midday we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead.

This passage describes the condition of the people of God after they turn to their own way and fall into sin and violence.

They cannot find peace even when they try to foster peace and every route they take is one of injustice and corruption. The paths to their destinies become crooked and as they follow these paths, they encounter calamity and distress.

In this state, the people cannot resolve the shape of justice and righteousness is entirely unattainable.

When the people try to regain their former elevated society, they are in perpetual darkness and are no longer able to perceive light.

They become like sightless people groping along the walls unable to find the way.

When there is plenty of light, they stumble around as if in the dark and when they run into opposition, they capitulate in weakness as though dead.

Such are those who navigate away from God their creator to seek their own roads.

Amen.