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Our Daily Bread Ministries June 16 Bible in a Year: Nehemiah 4-6; Acts 2:22-47 The Way of Holiness A highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness. Isaiah 35:8 READ Isaiah 35:8-10 After Jennifer was diagnosed with early onset dementia, she couldn’t read the Bible easily, so she started listening to it. Scripture passages now mean something new to her. For example, she gets lost easily, often doesn’t know who people are, and sees hallucinations of wild animals. When she’s disoriented and fearful, she receives God’s comfort as she hears Isaiah speak of “the Way of Holiness” set aside “for those who walk on that Way” (Isaiah 35:8). On that road will be no wicked fools, “nor any ravenous beast”; instead, “only the redeemed will walk there,” those whom God rescues (v. 9). The prophet Isaiah shared God’s promises to His people, those exiled from their home. Away from the temple, where they would experience His presence, they must have felt bereft and forlorn. The promises, therefore, of the Way of Holiness, the path to God, would give them hope and strength. To think of entering “Zion with singing,” without fear or sorrow, would lead them to rejoice (v. 10). Even as Jennifer holds on to these assurances from centuries ago, so too can we who believe in Jesus trust that as we journey with Him, we’ll know gladness and joy (v. 10). Whatever trials we face in this life—however taxing or life-altering—we know that God’s way leads us home to Him. By Amy Boucher Pye REFLECT & PRAY What do these promises from God mean to you? As you experience trials outside of your control, how can you turn to Him? Saving God, please help me to release my fears to You as I walk on the Way of Holiness. I long to be with You. Amen.