Daily Wisdom: Isaiah 55:8-9

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
— Isaiah 55:8-9

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