The first thing that struck me as I was reading the first chapter of Mark was the quote from Isaiah about preparing the way of the Lord. I was thinking about how people prepare the roads here in Haiti. Most of the roads here are in very bad shape, but Aristide was president, the roads leading to his hometown were nice. (I don't know if he did that, or if others did that as a way of honoring him, but....) Also when Jacmel, in the south, is about to have a big "Carnaval" celebration, the roads are made smooth to make it easy for people to approach the city.
I wonder how we today are supposed to prepare the way for the Lord today. I wonder if we should take the message of John's ministry in general, which was one of calling people to repentance, to be a sort of definition of preparing the way.
But I notice too that God says He will even do the preparing, in the sense that He said he would send his messenger ahead to prepare the way. But his message (John's message) was that everyone should "prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him."
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