" ' I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips' (6:5). Being unclean (literally: polluted) is a state of estrangement, a state in which one is kept away from the holy."
When I read this passage, I interpreted it as Isaiah believing we are all sinners including him self. I believe this passage is very important for everyone to realize because even though he is a prophet it does not make him perfect. I remember being younger and thinking a prophet must be someone special to God. However, that's not the case and here Isaiah is saying: " I'm just like everyone else."
In Day's book on page 181 it reads: "We have always acknowledged the primacy of the spiritual, and to have undertaken a life of silence, manual labor and prayer might have been the better way. But I do not know. God gives us our temperaments, and in spite of my pacifism, it is natural for me to stand my ground, to continue in what actually amounts to a class war..." Day does not seem to seriously question what has been done and what could have happen if things were done differently, but she realizes there could have been a different outcome. My all time favorite quote is: everything that happens is for a reason. Day seems to feel that way. She is saying things could have been different, but they weren't. God has made everything the way he has planned it to be.
I definitely have shared your past view of prophets with you, putting prophets on a pedestal [is that how you spell it?]. Its strange settling on the idea that they are also "unclean." They are human beings, something we all tend to forget.
ReplyDeleteI also love the "everything happens for a reason" quote. Doesn't it make you feel so much better about life and all of the crazy things that happen? I find a lot of relief through believing that, especially when something doesn't happen the way I would have hoped.
Responding to the "everything happens for a reason" quote, its one of my favorite quotes as well and I've literally seen it work. You look back on your life and if you think about the decisions you've made or the incidents that have happened you realize without the good and the bad times you wouldn't be where you are today, or you would, but you wouldn't be the same person.. I love that quote and I just figure I would comment on it. See you in class! :D
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