Stage 7 L'Isle-Jourdain / Lac de Payolle

Isaiah 55 6 -13

Seek the Lord while He may be found;
Call upon Him while He is near.
⁷ Let the wicked forsake his way
And the unrighteous man his thoughts;
And let him return to the Lord,
And He will have compassion on him,
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
⁸ “For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.
⁹ “For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways
And My thoughts than your thoughts.
¹⁰ “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven,
And do not return there without watering the earth
And making it bear and sprout,
And furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
¹¹ So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth;
It will not return to Me empty,
Without accomplishing what I desire,
And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.
¹² “For you will go out with joy
And be led forth with peace;
The mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you,
And all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
¹³ “Instead of the thorn bush the cypress will come up,
And instead of the nettle the myrtle will come up,
And ^[e]it will be a ^[f]memorial to the Lord,
For an everlasting sign which will not be cut off.”

Stage 7 L'Isle-Jourdain / Lac de Payolle

Seek the Lord while He may be found;
Call upon Him while He is near.
7 Let the wicked forsake his way
And the unrighteous man his thoughts;
And let him return to the Lord,
And He will have compassion on him,
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.                          
9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways
And My thoughts than your thoughts.
10 “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven,
And do not return there without watering the earth
And making it bear and sprout,
And furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
11 So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth;
It will not return to Me empty,
Without accomplishing what I desire,
And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.
12 “For you will go out with joy
And be led forth with peace;
The mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you,
And all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
13 “Instead of the thorn bush the cypress will come up,
And instead of the nettle the myrtle will come up,
And [e]it will be a [f]memorial to the Lord,
For an everlasting sign which will not be cut off.” Isaiah 55:6-13 NASB

Stage 7 Livarot / Fougeres

Department of 14 Calvados will be the department the race departs from for 190.5 Km today. This department is one of the most visited department due to the sea side and history. also  This department is know for their apples and the cider they make.

 Bearing fruit takes effort and planning.  It makes me thing of John 15 when Jesus speaks of being the vine and we are the branches and how he ask us to bear fruit.  Let us pray that the churches in Calvados will be fruit bearing churches and believers and that they will abide in Christ so that the world will believe in Him.

 










Father,
 we thank you for our brothers and sisters in Department Calvados (14) here in the region of Lower Normandy.  We pray that they will abide in you so that they will bear fruit as they remain in You.  Father we pray that they will stay faithful preaching your word, loving one another and sharing your love and grace.  Lord, open hearts to receive your love, mercy and grace here in Calvados.
 We pray all these things in the name of Jesus.  Amen.