Fit to Live

As Live the Life Clothing Company develops we want to consistently come up with new ways to help our followers and customers “live the life.” So, during the planning for the fall clothing line, we developed the idea of “Fit to Live.” This idea became concrete when we featured the phrase on our first technical shirt to be released this fall. But it’s much more than a phrase or concept. It’s a way of life. It’s adhering to the belief that in order to live the life; you must be fit to live. It seems simple, almost redundant really, but in today’s world of what Solomon would call “chasing after the wind” it’s becoming a forgotten way of life. A way people dream or aspire to live, but daily fall victim to the endless callings of a well-worn routine.

So Fit to Live is about breaking free. It’s not just about dreaming of breaking the chains of habit, but about making fit choices in all aspects of life—mind, body and soul—a reality. People that are fit to live seek deeper understanding about life and all its nuances, so maybe instead of staring blankly at reruns of Three’s Company, next time you dive into a book which pages are filled with thought provoking and inspiring genius, whether it be your favorite novelist or a hysterical travel author (my favorite is Bill Bryson!) to carry you away. But that’s just a thought.

Those subscribing to a “fit to live” lifestyle also desire a healthy body. This very thing is what allows us to live the life. Without a body to experience life, living it would be worthless. There would be no eyes to see the sunset or ears to hear crickets chirping at night or tongue to taste the rich creaminess of a cheesecake. Therefore, to be fit to live, one must make efforts to take care of their body—to enjoy a sweat and eat right (not looking for perfection, but we can all do better). This may come in the form of playing a game with your kids, jogging with friends or having an intense individual workout. Whatever you decide to do, make exercise and becoming fit something you not only enjoy but also look forward to. I can say from experience, no muscle fiber in my body, especially my legs, likes to run a 10 miler, but on Saturday mornings when the guys call, I look forward to that hour and a half of laughing, talking and energy that’s shared. I dare say I even enjoy it. You see, it doesn’t matter what you do, as Nike says, “Just do it.” Whether its going to the park and working the court with some friends or taking your pooch for a walk after work, go out and get fit to live.

Lastly, “fit to live” should be a phrase that encompasses our soul’s health. It, too, is something that must be nourished in order to live the life. It needs to grow and develop, and does that most through experiencing who God is. Maybe this is done through listening to songs or reading or enjoying the company of a beloved friend, but however it is that you develop your soul, do it more often with more intention. Savor the minute moments of the everyday where God breaks into your life. Record them, and be in constant awareness for the next. It’s these experiences that produce soul nourishment and health making one fit to live.

Unfortunately, not many prescribe to being fit to live. Far too many fall away with discouragement and regret. Don’t allow yourself or your loved ones to do the same. Encourage and persevere. Allow fit to live to become lifestyle choice that will make the way you think, feel and experience life a more fulfilling and adventurous endeavor.

Worry Wart

Worry is a conscious choice to try to control life events rather than believe that God is in control. It is a thief that robs us of joy, energy, peace of mind, and strength for today. The antidote for worry is absolute faith in God by turning everything over to Him in prayer. But in the midst of our prayer, God wants us to have an attitude of thanksgiving not complaining. God promises to guard out heart and mind if we give everything over to Him. 

Is worry consuming you? Pray for the peace of God to give you victory in your everyday living. Remember God's faithfulness in the past and His promises for the future.

Philippians 4:6-7 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

1 Peter 5:7 “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”

Psalm 9:9-10 “The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in time of trouble. Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.”

Matthew 6:25-34 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”

Fall Line

It’s that time of year again! It’s August and school is about to start. Whether you want to admit it or not, summer is almost gone and fall is just around the corner. That means here at LTL we are hard at work, creating the Fall Line! We have found some really nice products and we have some great design ideas for them. We are very excited to premier the Fall Line to you!

The passages we chose for the 2011 Fall Line are chapters 1 and 3 of Ecclesiastes:

Ecclesiastes 1

Everything Is Meaningless

 ¹ The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem:

 ² “Meaningless! Meaningless!”
   says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
   Everything is meaningless.”

 ³ What do people gain from all their labors
   at which they toil under the sun?
⁴ Generations come and generations go,
   but the earth remains forever.
⁵ The sun rises and the sun sets,
   and hurries back to where it rises.
⁶ The wind blows to the south
   and turns to the north;
round and round it goes,
   ever returning on its course.
⁷ All streams flow into the sea,
   yet the sea is never full.
To the place the streams come from,
   there they return again.
⁸ All things are wearisome,
   more than one can say.
The eye never has enough of seeing,
   nor the ear its fill of hearing.
⁹ What has been will be again,
   what has been done will be done again;
   there is nothing new under the sun.
¹⁰ Is there anything of which one can say,
   “Look! This is something new”?
It was here already, long ago;
   it was here before our time.
¹¹ No one remembers the former generations,
   and even those yet to come
will not be remembered
   by those who follow them.

Wisdom Is Meaningless

 ¹² I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem. ¹³ I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens. What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind! ¹⁴ I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

 ¹⁵ What is crooked cannot be straightened;
   what is lacking cannot be counted.

 ¹⁶ I said to myself, “Look, I have increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me; I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge.” ¹⁷ Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.

 ¹⁸ For with much wisdom comes much sorrow;
   the more knowledge, the more grief.

Ecclesiastes 3

A Time for Everything

 ¹ There is a time for everything,
   and a season for every activity under the heavens:

 ² a time to be born and a time to die,
   a time to plant and a time to uproot,
 ³ a time to kill and a time to heal,
   a time to tear down and a time to build,
 ⁴ a time to weep and a time to laugh,
   a time to mourn and a time to dance,
 ⁵ a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
   a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
 ⁶ a time to search and a time to give up,
   a time to keep and a time to throw away,
 ⁷ a time to tear and a time to mend,
   a time to be silent and a time to speak,
 ⁸ a time to love and a time to hate,
   a time for war and a time for peace.

 ⁹ What do workers gain from their toil? ¹⁰ I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race. ¹¹ He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. ¹² I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. ¹³ That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God. ¹⁴ I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him.

 ¹⁵ Whatever is has already been,
   and what will be has been before;
   and God will call the past to account

 ¹⁶ And I saw something else under the sun:

   In the place of judgment—wickedness was there,
   in the place of justice—wickedness was there.

 ¹⁷ I said to myself,

   “God will bring into judgment
   both the righteous and the wicked,
for there will be a time for every activity,
   a time to judge every deed.”

 ¹⁸ I also said to myself, “As for humans, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals. ¹⁹ Surely the fate of human beings is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath; humans have no advantage over animals. Everything is meaningless. ²⁰ All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. ²¹ Who knows if the human spirit rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?”

 ²² So I saw that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work, because that is their lot. For who can bring them to see what will happen after them?

We are very excited for you to see the 2011 Fall Line. Keep checking the website, this blog, facebook and twitter to find out the date of the premier.

Tornado Warning

This past April bad storms devastated many places in the US. The storms produced tornadoes that ripped through some areas, causing major damage. People lost their homes and some people even lost their lives. It was a horrible time and I’m sure everyone was praying for the people affected.

During those storms last April, multiple tornadoes touched down in Glade Spring, Virginia, only 45 minutes from the Live the Life Offices. Hundreds of houses and businesses were destroyed and 7 people lost their lives.

At Live the Life we believe God calls us to help our neighbors in need. Two days after the storms hit, 3 of the Live the Life team members drove to Glade Spring to work in a Distribution Center. The Center collected donations from generous people in the area and gave them to people who were affected by the storms and were in need. They had collected everything from food, pots and pans, to clothes, toys and furniture. It was truly amazing to see all the donations people had given. 

During the day we met a lot of people that came into the Distribution Center to get the supplies they needed to live after the devastation the storm brought. One woman told us how she had 13 people living in her house because they had all lost their own homes. She came to the Distribution Center to get food to feed everyone. Another woman told us how her trailer was rolled over three times with her and her family inside. She came with her two year old for food, clothes and toys because she lost everything.

Driving around the area after our shift at the Distribution Center was over, we were amazed at how terrible the damage actually was. Trees were blown everywhere. Houses were in pieces; with holes in their roofs and walls you could see into every house. Semi-truck trailers were flattened. The roof of a hotel was blown off. And storage garages were ripped to pieces. It was worse than we could have even imagined. 

We will always have these people and their stories in our minds and pray for them everyday. Please keep them in your prayers as well.

Live the Life Clothing Co. Summer Launch Party

Hey Guys!

The employees at Live the Life have worked really hard over the winter to bring you an amazing Summer Clothing Line! To celebrate the premier of the line, Live the Life is throwing a party for everyone in the Richlands area! We will have barbeque sandwiches, music, games and everyone will get a chance to view and purchase the new shirts! You won't want to miss it! Its this Saturday, June 4th from 1pm-4pm. It's going to be in the parking lot of the future Live the Life store in Richlands. If you don't know where that's at, its in the old Scotties Pharmacy, across the street from Hardee's.

We are so excited to show everyone our new shirts and to just have a great time! Hope to see you there!

God Bless,
The Staff at Live the Life

Love for Lunch

Next week, April 27^th-29^th, Live the Life Clothing Co is hosting an event called Love for Lunch. Each day individuals from schools, businesses, and churches are asked to pay for an orphan’s lunch before paying for their own. All the lunch money donations will go to the Makwale Vision Orphanage, in Makwale, Tanzania.

Live the Life will be at Richlands High School and Middle School, Lebanon High School, Cedar Bluff Elementary and Champion’s Academy. At the schools stop by the Love for Lunch booth outside the cafeteria to participate on your schools designated day! Individuals from businesses and churches can stop by one of the drop sites in Richlands or Lebanon to make their donation, or mail them to the address below.

At the schools and the drop sites, participants can take their pictures and write notes to send to the orphans of Makwale Vision Orphanage!

Checks can be made out to:
Makwale Vision

Richlands High School - April 29th
Cedar Bluff Elementary - April 27th
Champion's Academy - April 27th
Lebanon High School - April 28th

Richlands Drop Site
Future Building of the Live the Life Health Store
2029 Front Street
Richlands, Va 24621

Lebanon Drop Site
Community Heights Church Office
914 E Main Street
Lebanon, VA 24266

Mail Donations to:
Live the Life Clothing Co.
304 Litton Ave
Richlands, VA 24641

The Generator Boys

In February of this year, I had the opportunity to travel to Arusha, Tanzania, with some friends to speak at an ethics conference. It was my first trip to Africa, and one that I was very excited for. I had heard many stories from friends and coworkers about the wonders of that continent and the way it changes lives, and I wanted to experience that for myself.

Before we arrived in Arusha, my first task was to put together the lectures I would be giving for the conference. In order to prepare well, I emailed Barbara, the missionary in Arusha, and asked what kind of audiences I would be speaking with. She told me about the pastors and elders we would be speaking to at the conference, but more intriguing to me was the group she told I would speak to called the “Generator Boys.”

The Generator Boys are a group of eighteen young guys, ages 13-21, which were either orphaned or abandoned, and have come together to live in an abandoned, unfinished house in the middle of Arusha. Everyday, they have to work together to get food and water, and they will be there until they can get someone to sponsor them so they may go to school. The oldest, Muhammad, has assumed the responsibility of the others. He has organized house rules that involve cleanliness and discipline, as well as informs Barbara when a specific need or problem arises. In fact, their name comes from the fact that Barbara and her husband Elton used the money they had saved for a generator to feed these boys at Christmas time.

When I heard their story, I knew the opportunity to speak to them and give them hope was going to be a unique experience. However, I struggled with the idea of trying to give them hope. Hope for me, so much of the time, means hoping for some material excess or for something insignificant to happen, such as hoping my team wins. But hope for them means finding food, water, and education. How could we possibly relate? How could we possibly connect the different levels in which we experience hope? But then, my boss told me that no matter what the culture or level of poverty, hope is essentially narrowed into two categories—material or spiritual. And with that I developed my thoughts to share with the Generator Boys.

Fast forward to my trip. I was two days into my immersion of African culture, and we went to visit the boys for the first time. It was an experience like I have never had in my life. David Platt says, “We learned that orphans are easier to ignore before you know their names. They are easier to ignore before you see their faces. It is easier to pretend they’re not real before you hold them in your arms. But once you do, everything changes.” That totally embodies the emotions I was going through. Hugging, laughing, and playing with these guys brought life to their story like no words or pictures could. After we had been there awhile, I began to speak to them about hope. It was awesome to challenge them not to lose hope in Christ despite their position, and encourage them to remain focused on Him more than their needs. It was also challenging to me, realizing how insignificant the things are that I place hope in, compared with the struggles these boys go through daily. I left that day changed.

As the trip went on, we visited them more. Each time we were able to take them something else they needed, as well as just spend more time with them and hear more of their stories. As we did this, I began to learn more about what true love means. Here was a group of guys that had nothing, but when some from our group decided to sponsor one of the guys, all the others watched with the most excitement and joy for their brother, even though you could tell they wanted to be the one being sponsored. I also continually saw true love in their leader Muhammad. He had already finished secondary school and was postponing his university education (one of the things that could take him out of his situation) in order to make sure all his brothers were taken care of. To me, that was a picture of Christ—sacrificially giving themselves to the care and love of others. Again, I cannot explain what kind of impact that makes when you experience it firsthand.

By the end of the trip, we had returned three times. We had already taken them Live the Life t-shirts, soccer balls, and had paid for two guys to go to school. But on our last day, the whole team wanted to visit them one last time. Some of the team bought fruit and other foods to give them, some bought mosquito nets to give them, but my friends and I decided to buy them Swahili bibles and notebooks. We went to the bookstore and bought 18 bibles. When we got to their house, we gave them everything. Then my pastor, Craig, gave Muhammad his bible and told him how proud of him and inspired by him we were that he sacrificially invests in his younger brothers. I think tears abounded with everyone that day, but more importantly joy abounded—the joy that comes only from those who love each other, and get to experience life together through Christ, even if for only a week.

Since those two weeks in Africa I have thought extensively about the Generator Boys. I think about their names and stories, guys like Lampard who was seventeen and had lived at the house for ten years after being abandoned at age seven, or guys like Frankie who, with his mother, ran away from his alcohol father then came home one day to find his mother had left him, too. I think about Muhammad sacrificing his dreams and education to love the other guys and meet their needs. Then I think about my life. I think about my parents who are right across the room and love me dearly. I think about the food I have in my pantry. I think about the university education I have. I think about the fact that I had the opportunity to go to Africa. I think about what kind of impact my life will make. And then I thank my God that I met these guys, because meeting them has put all these things in perspective.

Live well,

Craig 

LTL Website Contest

Something changed about the website over the last two days. If you think you know what it is, either email me at rachel@ilivethelife.com, comment on the Live the Life facebook page with your answer or tweet your answer with the tag #LTLwebsitecontest. The first person to answer correctly wins a FREE Live the Life T-shirt of their choice!

Health Store Preview

The Live the Life Health Store is opening soon in Richlands, VA. We are very excited about it's opening. There, they will sell not only the Live the Life T-shirts, wristbands and water bottles, but also they will sell vitamins, supplements, diet aids, health books, natural lotions, natural candles, natural cleaning products and much more!

If you want to see a preview of what will be sold in the store, check out the waiting room in the Vision Weight Management office (the address is below). We have turned it into a mini Live the Life Health store. Some of the products that will be sold in the Health Store are set up in the office and are being sold now. Come visit the Vision Weight Management office today!

LU Basketball Game

This weekend Live the Life visited Liberty University for the PinkZone Lady Flame’s basketball game. We had a great time watching the women’s and men’s teams win during the double header on Saturday and the women’s team win during the PinkZone game on Monday night. We also met some great people at the game who shared their stories about family members affected by breast cancer. The Liberty University cheerleaders were very supportive by wearing our PinkNow wristbands during Monday nights game. We are so thankful to everyone who made this event a success. 

God's Creation

We spent the weekend in Tampa, Fl and one night we went to the beach to watch the sunset. It was so beautiful I couldn’t help but think about how amazing God must be if this is what He can create.

Psalms 8:3-9

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet: all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

 

The Adventures of Edson and E: Robot Voice

The washing machine at my mom's house has been off balance for a while and the boys had a great time using it to pretend they were robots. Watch their adventure here :)

My weaknesses and God's power

A lot of times I feel inadequate. Like I don’t have what it takes to finish what I am called to do. The second I find something to brag on myself about, I mess up on something else. A friend of mine posted this passage on facebook a couple days ago:

Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Cor. 12:7-10

It was so encouraging to know that my weaknesses make it easier for God’s power to be seen in me. When I feel inadequate it becomes that much easier for God to be given the glory He deserves. Another friend of mine commented on this passage with this quote from Marianne Williamson:

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

– Return to Love

I am encouraged that even though I may feel weak, inadequate, and lacking the confidence necessary to be who I was created to be, I have God’s power to do the most amazing things with my life, and that starts with the small tasks in front of me today. I hope that everyone can be encouraged by this. 

-Rachel

What does Live the Life mean to me?

Watch this video and others from Live the Life on our YouTube Channel. 

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Made for Love: Devotion 365

Ever since I heard the song Made to Love by Toby Mac I have wanted to study and write about Deut 6:5, the Jewish Shema or declaration of faith.

"Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!

You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and

with all your soul and with all your might.

These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart."

I loved realizing that God made me to love Him. You see when God commands us to love Him it sounds impossible to obey that command. Then I realized that God made me perfectly to love Him. I am uniquely made to love God in just the way that delights Him. Each person created by God has the same commandment. Each person is made perfectly to love God.

So I decided this year I would write a daily devotion called Made for Love - Devotion 365. I want to devote myself to loving God every day this year. I thought others might want to share the journey with me. I have experienced God in so many dramatic ways in my life I want to share the amazing things I have seen Him do with my own eyes. I have seen miracles happen, I have faced death twice, I have saved others from drowning, I have been apart of one of the great movements of God in Africa. I want to share His walk with me with others. 

Join me this year at: www.edsonlivethelife.tumblr.com  

 

Edson Knapp

LIVE THE LIFE, INC.

New for Spring 2011

Live the Life is about following God and having a blast doing it. As we were creating the new shirt designs for 2011, we wanted to find a way to have this conveyed through our products. To make this vision a reality, each season the products will be themed off of a passage from the Bible. The Bible passages will be chosen based on how they depict themes from the season, (weather that is winter, fall, summer or spring), and the shirts will pull themes from the chosen passages. This way, each shirt will have a message behind it, and the person wearing it will feel they have purpose and passion in their clothing. It is our hope that through this system God will be seen by this generation, and that this generation will choose to Live the Life.

The Spring 2011 product line will be themed from two Bible passages; Isaiah 35 and Isaiah 52.

Isaiah 35

¹ The desert and the parched land will be glad;
   the wilderness will rejoice and blossom.
Like the crocus, ² it will burst into bloom;
   it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy.
The glory of Lebanon will be given to it,
   the splendor of Carmel and Sharon;
they will see the glory of the LORD,
   the splendor of our God.

 ³ Strengthen the feeble hands,
   steady the knees that give way;
⁴ say to those with fearful hearts,
   “Be strong, do not fear;
your God will come,
   he will come with vengeance;
with divine retribution
   he will come to save you.”

 ⁵ Then will the eyes of the blind be opened
   and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
⁶ Then will the lame leap like a deer,
   and the mute tongue shout for joy.
Water will gush forth in the wilderness
   and streams in the desert.
⁷ The burning sand will become a pool,
   the thirsty ground bubbling springs.
In the haunts where jackals once lay,
   grass and reeds and papyrus will grow.

 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.

Isaiah 52

 ¹ Awake, awake, Zion,
   clothe yourself with strength!
Put on your garments of splendor,
   Jerusalem, the holy city.
The uncircumcised and defiled
   will not enter you again.
² Shake off your dust;
   rise up, sit enthroned, Jerusalem.
Free yourself from the chains on your neck,
   Daughter Zion, now a captive.

 ³ For this is what the LORD says:

   “You were sold for nothing,
   and without money you will be redeemed.”

 ⁴ For this is what the Sovereign LORD says:

   “At first my people went down to Egypt to live;
   lately, Assyria has oppressed them.

 ⁵ “And now what do I have here?” declares the LORD.

   “For my people have been taken away for nothing,
   and those who rule them mock,”
            declares the LORD.
“And all day long
   my name is constantly blasphemed.
⁶ Therefore my people will know my name;
   therefore in that day they will know
that it is I who foretold it.
   Yes, it is I.”

 ⁷ How beautiful on the mountains
   are the feet of those who bring good news,
who proclaim peace,
   who bring good tidings,
   who proclaim salvation,
who say to Zion,
   “Your God reigns!”
⁸ Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices;
   together they shout for joy.
When the LORD returns to Zion,
   they will see it with their own eyes.
⁹ Burst into songs of joy together,
   you ruins of Jerusalem,
for the LORD has comforted his people,
   he has redeemed Jerusalem.
¹⁰ The LORD will lay bare his holy arm
   in the sight of all the nations,
and all the ends of the earth will see
   the salvation of our God.

 ¹¹ Depart, depart, go out from there!
   Touch no unclean thing!
Come out from it and be pure,
   you who carry the articles of the LORD’s house.
¹² But you will not leave in haste
   or go in flight;
for the LORD will go before you,
   the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

Keep a look out in the next couple weeks for more information about our upcoming Spring 2011 product line.