October 12-18: Isaiah 58:6-11 The fast the Lord has chosen- What a privilege to observe, To offer up your sacrifice And be inclined to serve. To take your fill in lifting One who’s weary and oppressed, To feast your soul on mercy That the needy might be blessed. To give the Lord an offer Of the things you stand in need, To bring a balm unto the poor And for the weary plead. Deal even now thy portion Of your daily bread away, That the naked and the hungry Might be clothe

October 5-11: Isaiah 50:6; Isaiah 53 My peace, for His chastisement His pain, for my relief To be my aid and comfort He carried all my grief. The weight of my transgression He trembled as He bore As the blood of my redemption fell From each and every pore. And from the scorn and torment He did not hide His face He gave His back to smiters As He stood there in my place. He was stricken and afflicted And yet He did not contend So that I might have a portion And tha

Sept 24-October 4: Isaiah 49 In the time of favor When salvation is at hand When I, the Lord, will once again Restore the goodly land. I’ll set a light to lead the way For nations to behold Illuminating hearts and minds My standard to unfold. And to thy house so desolate My servant Jacob, fair Will nations gather up thy seed And on their shoulders bear. Through mountains I will make a way And raise my pathway high Restore again that covenant To draw my people nigh. Shout for

Sept 28- Oct 4: Isaiah 46: 3-4; 49:5-16, 22; 66:12-13 Just as a mother holds her child And shields them from the world that’s wild And offers love so sweet and mild …So I will carry you. For all thy needs I will provide With ample love I have supplied And my embrace, you’re safe inside ... For I will carry you. And for thee child, I have great plans It is for thee the whole world stands I’ve graven thee upon my hands …That I might carry you. And if you're driven here or there

September 21-27: Isiah 28:24-29 The Lord, the King of Harvest Knows each and every seed For each to come forth plentifully He knows just what they need. For what brings forth in one type Is different than another The way to harvest every plant Is separate from the other. For Him the goal is harvest For goodness to produce To separate what’s valuable From that that has no use. So as you're grown and gathered, And you're tested and refined Remember it is harvest That your Savio

September 21-27: Isaiah 25: 8 Someday the weight of grief and sin Will no more plague the mind, Someday the awful sting of death We’ll shed, and leave behind, Someday the aches and longings of All hopes and dreams unnamed, Will be bound up and tended to By Him who victory claimed. Someday He’ll come to rid the world Of all our anxious fear, Someday He’ll come so tenderly To wipe away each tear, Someday He’ll lift each weary hand And mend each broken heart, Someday He’ll cast

September 14-20: Isaiah 9: 6-7 For unto us, a Child is born For us, a precious Son To rule in peace forever more The Great and Holy One. Inheriting through righteousness The might of David's throne To order and establish all And call all Israel home. How wonderful that Councilor How endless His increase How mighty is our loving God Indeed, the Prince of Peace. © Julianne Young 2026 Photo by Tim Wildsmith on Unsplash

September 14-20: Isaiah 1:18-19 Now come let us reason, for reason alone Could never permit you to know That though you have sins that are scarlet right now I can make them as white as the snow. Though on thy hands is a bright stain of crimson Beloved thou art, even then And if you’ll but only return unto me I will make them as white wool again. For if ye are willing, and if ye obey You'll eat of the good of the land For there is no stain that cannot be made clean Once it's w

September 7-13: Ecclesiastes 1-3,11-12 The sun wakens early, and rises to shine She shines till the evening, and then She hastens right back to the place she began To do it all over again. A man grows to stature, a woman to grace And then in the blink of an eye A new generation steps into their place For the way of the world is to die. Despite all your efforts to build something new In time you will come to discover That all of the workings you’ve built to yourself Will fall

September 7-13: Proverbs 1:7 Wise is the soul who will hear For the word of the Lord they revere Who first doesn’t speak Before wisdom they seek And the knowledge of God is their fear. Foolish is one who will boast The perspective that matters the most Is the one that they hold Oh they prize it as gold 'Cause it sounds just like wisdom, almost. © Julianne Young 2026 Photo by Joel Muniz on Unsplash