Foundations for Faithfulness - 2

What kind of news do we listen to? I find it interesting to hear that "the news" almost always refers to the most recent calamity, (like the the endless plight of Syrian refugees), or the plunging stock market, or the arrival of the novel disease, the Coronavirus, named Covid-19.

There's a much better definition and in the Hebrew language the word is habsorah. Good news. 

How about this for impact! "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings habsorah, who brings Good News!" Isaiah 52:7.

It's good news about everything: love towards God; marriage; relationships between fathers and sons; relationships between mothers and daughters; harmony between in-laws; the use of money; the care of the poor; the use of our resources; support for widows; teaching the young; breaking down barriers between racial divides; healing of body, soul and spirit, and the use of the gifts given to us by the Spirit of God.

The Good news that comes to us has so many adjectives and descriptions: Reconciliation with God, Peace with God, forgiveness, redemption, salvation, justification, sacrifice, healing, mercy, grace. That's just a start. There is so much more.

Wow! so much in that little Hebrew word: habsorah.