Isaiah 53:4
During the turbulent years of the 1960s, popular music in America was a strange mixture of protest and pstriotism. Some songs lashed out others affirmed duty to country and traditional values, but "pack up your sorrow," written by richard farina and Pauline Baez Marden, seemed to fit all of the cstegories with its focus on the quest for personal peace. The refrain said the following: well, if somehow you could pack up your sorrows,/ and give them all to me/ you would lose them./ give them all to me.
Perhaps everyone hoped that someone who can! Isaiah 53 is a prophetic picture of Israel's promised Messiah. Christians see its fulfillment in he death and resurrection of Jesus christ. "Surely He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him. Abd by His stripes we sre healed" (vv.4-5).
Jesus took our sins and sirrow on Himself so that we could be gorgiven and have peace with God. Will you give Him your sorrows today?
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