the messiah

rachel, amanda and i went to the messiah tonight to listen to the orchestra and watch alli, our roommate play the cello. we sat by my little sister danielle and her boyfriend brandon. the performance blew me away. i had no idea what to expect. it was handel's messiah, and was like straight from scripture. some of it was a little rough to listen to, but it was just a different style of classical music and i had fun getting into it. it was so hard not to clap after each song, but i held back! amanda restrained me! :) below these pictures of all of us beautiful peoples is a passage in isaiah that speaks about the messiah and his coming and what he would do. i've been spending a lot of time in isaiah lately, and these words were sung tonight so i want to leave them with you. read up, my Jesus is amazing!!! have a blessed day! :)




isaiah 53:2-12

He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
He was despised and rejected by men,
a man of sorrows and familiar with suffering.
Like one from whom men hide their faces
he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows,
yet we considered him stricken by God,
smitten by him and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities;
The punishment that brought us peace was upon him
and by his wounds we are healed.
We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to his own way;
and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a leamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before her shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
By oppression and judgment he was taken away.
And who can speak of his descendents?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
For the transgression of my people he was stricken.
He was assigned a grave with the wicked and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in his mouth.

Yet it was the Lord's will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
and though the Lord makes his life a guilt offering,
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
After the suffering of his soul,
he will see the light of life and be satisfied;
by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many,
and he will bear their iniquities.
Therefore, I will give him a portion among the great,
and he will divide the spoils with the strong,
because he was poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.