You will keep the mind that is dependent on you But Isaiah’s words cause me to remember what is true of our eternal God: Today is constantly passing away, and our contributions here are, too.
That is, our abilities are temporary and limited, but our work can be done for the “strong city” Isaiah speaks of-the city that is eternal. We cannot do any work eternally we can only do eternal work. Weak not because of who our president is or was or will someday be, but because the transfer of power from one mere human being to another betrays our weakness in its very act of impermanence. Yet our country feels weak today, utterly broken. I write today of Isaiah chapter 26, which begins, “We have a strong city, he sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks” (v.1). Another way of saying this is that I felt temporal, the opposite of everlasting. I felt my earthiness and all the limitations of being human. My mind was caught up in contemplating our limited human condition.
Even before my feet touched the floor this morning, I remembered the tension of our divided country and felt the fragility of my own heart. I am writing this on Inauguration Day, the culmination of one of the most polarizing election years our country has ever seen.
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