Common Ground

Isaiah 6:1-13 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” How do you feel in the presence of God? A bit unsure of what to say? Super excited like you're spending time with your best friend? Shameful and scared because you don't feel you measure up? Throughout the centuries as the saints and sinners of God have been in his presence, one things is sure, it is a dreadfully wonderful thing. Isaiah is no different. He feels like he's going to die and he says, "Woe is me, for I'm a man of unclean lips and I live among a people of unclean lips." To be in the presence of a Holy God is no joke, and yet, God in his mercy, transforms his life in this moment and Isaiah is never