What else needs to be said?

 

God is eternal. 

He is not easily impressed. Yet, It seems I keep trying. 

The message of Isaiah 58 is pretty clear:

"'We have fasted before you!' they say. Why aren't you impressed? We have been very hard on ourselves and you don't even notice!' 'I'll tell you why.' I respond. 'It's because you are fasting to please yourselves. Even while you fast, you keep oppressing your workers. What good is fasting when you keep on fighting and quarreling? This kind of fasting will never get you anywhere with me. You humble yourselves by going through the motions of penance, bowing your heads like reeds bending in the wind. You dress in burlap and cover yourselves with ashes. Is this what you call fasting? Do you really think this will please the Lord? 'No, this is the kind of fasting I want: Free those who are wrongly imprisoned; lighten the burden fo those who work for you. Let the oppressed go free, and remove the chains that bind people. Share your food with the hungry and give shelter to the homeless. Give clothes to those who need them, and do not hide from relatives who need your help. Then your salvation will come like the dawn, and your wounds will quickly heal. Your godliness will lead you forward, and the glory of the Lord will protect you from behind." (Isaiah 58:3-8)

What else needs to be said?  

Forgive me Lord for my wrong motives, my lack of action, and my selfish behavior. Help me to be bold in serving you and genuinely loving you. AMEN!