I Have Seen The Future...And It Has Hair!

UK government funds robot to help treat baldness (Reuters)

Isaiah on Tuesday - Correcting the Skew

In my last "Isaiah" post I started in on chapter 32 and then my life got really busy (new baby and all) and I haven't been able to really sit down and finish what I started. So we're back in Isaiah 32 and "That Day."

The thing that most stood out to me about verses 1 and 2 of this chapter was how Isaiah defined what a man should be - a refuge, a provider, just and righteous. So already people will be something that they currently aren't (or aren't to the degree they should be), but more than that they will be transformed and our eyes will be opened. Verses 3-8:

3 Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed,
and the ears of those who hear will listen.

4 The mind of the rash will know and understand,
and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear.

5 No longer will the fool be called noble
nor the scoundrel be highly respected.

6 For the fool speaks folly,
his mind is busy with evil:
He practices ungodliness
and spreads error concerning the LORD;
the hungry he leaves empty
and from the thirsty he withholds water.

7 The scoundrel's methods are wicked,
he makes up evil schemes
to destroy the poor with lies,
even when the plea of the needy is just.

8 But the noble man makes noble plans,
and by noble deeds he stands.

Not only will eyes and ears be opened and tied-tongues loosed, but we will see the fool and the scoundrel for what they really are. Note the definition of a fool here - it is not someone who is stupid or simple-minded, it is one who speaks folly (the opposite of wisdom - see Proverbs), plots evil, maligns or misrepresents God. Additionally, a fool and scoundrel treats the poor with contempt - neither feeding them nor quenching their thirst.

In that day people will be treated justly and with compassion and the truly noble will be held up while the fool will be seen for who he is.

Life at Two and Half

When you're two and half you eat green beans, cloud's ears (mushrooms), cheese and a bowl of cereal for dinner...

Later...

When you wash your hands and there's new unwrapped soap on the bathroom counter you say, "That soap looks pretty good to me."

Or maybe it's just Avi.