8 And a highway will be there;
it will be called the Way of Holiness;
it will be for those who walk on that Way.
The unclean will not journey on it;
wicked fools will not go about on it.
9 No lion will be there,
nor any ravenous beast;
they will not be found there.
But only the redeemed will walk there,
10 and those the Lord has rescued will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;
everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
it will be called the Way of Holiness;
it will be for those who walk on that Way.
The unclean will not journey on it;
wicked fools will not go about on it.
9 No lion will be there,
nor any ravenous beast;
they will not be found there.
But only the redeemed will walk there,
10 and those the Lord has rescued will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;
everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
Dear Father:
I pray that these children choose the Way, the Way of righteousness, the Way of your Son. By that they will be protected from the lion, the evil one and will enter Zion singing with joy. But as they enter the Kingdom in this life, I pray that the crown of joy will be something they begin to experience in this life before they experience it to perfection in the life to come. Sorrow will inevitably visit them in this fallen world, but as the image of a crown suggests, I pray that joy will rule the day for them.
Amen
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