Welcome to the Prayers of Rest podcast. I'm your host, Asherita, and this episode is brought to you by

my Advent devotional, Unrapping the Names of Jesus. I wrote this book because we all suffer from

soul amnesia, and we forget who God is and what He's done from one day to the next.

And like you, I too have to remind myself each year who Jesus is and why his birth is so

miraculous, not because my mind doesn't know, but because my heart ceases to be amazed.

So I wrote this book for you, but also for me, an offering to help us grow

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As we begin, find a quiet place and take a deep breath as we enter into God's presence together.

Today's reading comes from Isaiah 53.

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.

So let's begin by reciting God's goodness, praising him for who he is and for what he has done in our lives.

Oh Jesus, how kind of you. To let go of the glories of heaven and the comfort of having everyone serve you, to enter

into not just our earth, but to enter into human nature.

And so to experience the whole spectrum of human emotion, not just joy and celebration, but sorrow and grief, anger, and betrayal, hurt, and rejection, you bore our sorrows by becoming one of us,

and ultimately, on the the cross taking upon yourself

not just the emotional weight of all the wrongdoing done to humans and by humans but

carrying also the weight of our sin if anyone knows what it means to carry sorrow in this world, it is you, Jesus.

So in the next few moments, friends, recite God's goodness. Praise Jesus for the ways that he has

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