{"id":4324,"date":"2024-12-23T15:28:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T15:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4324"},"modified":"2024-12-23T15:28:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T15:28:48","slug":"advent-alphabet-y-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4324","title":{"rendered":"Advent Alphabet (Y)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Young-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Young-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4325\" srcset=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Young-1-1024x576.png 1024w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Young-1-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Young-1-768x432.png 768w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Young-1-1536x864.png 1536w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Young-1-1568x882.png 1568w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Young-1.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>YOUNG MEN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Scripture verse always takes me back to my early 20s and memories of the combinations of things that I just took in my stride. Suddenly falling exhausted was quite a rarity. It&#8217;s an entirely different matter now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The context for Isaiah&#8217;s words is the promised return from Exile in Babylon, a theme we have visited several times this Advent. The exiles feel themselves abandoned, alone and utterly exhausted.  What is being offered is a vision of a world re-ordered with God&#8217;s energy and power. God is neither tired nor exhausted. Young men may fall exhausted but God never will. A new world of hope and possibility awaits the exiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps by this time in Advent you have reached the point of exhaustion. <br>Perhaps you are wondering if your strength will last. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do you hear Isaiah&#8217;s promise?<br>What might it mean for you today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Isaiah 40:25-31, Wednesday, Week Two)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YOUNG MEN This Scripture verse always takes me back to my early 20s and memories of the combinations of things that I just took in my stride. Suddenly falling exhausted was quite a rarity. It&#8217;s an entirely different matter now. The context for Isaiah&#8217;s words is the promised return from Exile in Babylon, a theme &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4324\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Advent Alphabet (Y)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monastic","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4324"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4326,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4324\/revisions\/4326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}