1. The Prophets: Things are Not As They Appear to Be Disorientation and the Plan of God Isaiah 43:1-5, 16-20

2. Disorientation and the Plan of God Isaiah 43:1-5, 16-20 3 Repeated Movements of the Spiritual Life 1.Orientation (secure, location) 2.Disorientation (painful, dislocation) 3.Reorientation (secure, relocation)

3. Israel/Judah in the Time of Isaiah 740 BC-520 BC --Conquered by ASSYRIAN EMPIRE --Conquered by BABYLONIAN EMPIRE --Conquered by PERSIAN EMPIRE

4. The Prophets: Things are Not as They Appear Disorientation and the Plan of God Isaiah 43:1-5, 16-20 BABYLON JERUSALEM

5. Disorientation and the Plan of God Isaiah 43:1-5, 16-20 3 Repeated Movements of the Spiritual Life 1.Orientation (secure, location) 2.Disorientation (painful, dislocation) 3.Reorientation (secure, relocation)

6. “All deepened life is deepened suffering.” Friedrich von Hugel “God instructs the heart, not through ideas but through suffering and adversity” Jean Pierre de Caussade

7. God loves us as least as much as the person who loves us the most!

8. Disorientation and the Plan of God Isaiah 43:1-5, 16-20 3 Repeated Movements of the Spiritual Life 1.Orientation (secure, location) 2.Disorientation (painful, dislocation) 3.Reorientation (secure, relocation)

9. The Prophets: Things are Not As They Appear to Be Disorientation and the Plan of God Isaiah 43:1-5, 16-20 Prayer of Examen -- Handout