Silvia’s Devotion and a Helping Hand
Silvia immigrated to Israel with her mother 20 years ago. Now in her 60s, she is her mother’s sole caregiver.
Comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion – to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes.
– Isaiah 61:3
COZ is a movement of people expressing compassion through giving to provide for and comfort the people of Israel—proclaiming the year of the Lord’s favor, comforting all who mourn, and providing for those who grieve in Zion.
“Jesus stood up in the Synagogue, he took the scroll of Isaiah and began to read –
“The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners,[a]
2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor
Then he stopped and said that the scripture had been fulfilled in their hearing. This same passage states that the Spirit of God was empowering Him to proclaim the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn,
3 and to provide for those who grieve in Zion.
Will we allow the important things to Him to become important to us?
Will we align ourselves with this cry of His heart?
Will we put aside politics, social pressure, and hardness of heart and join Him in showing compassion to the mothers, the children, the men, the widows, and the orphans of His people? Will we provide for those who grieve in Zion?
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