DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries)
March 29, 2026
READ: Isaiah 55 (Focus vs. 6-13)
MEMORY VERSE
“My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways.” Isaiah 55:8
BACKGROUND
Although it was Palm Sunday, a day to celebrate the triumphal entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem, for Mary Edwar it became a time of deep pain.
Leaving their church after the service, she and her husband, Kareem, were holding hands when a bomb went off. The device killed Kareem and injured Mary, causing her to miscarry.
While Mary recuperated, she felt furious while grieving for her husband and child. But somehow reading the Bible calmed “the volcano inside her.”
In particular, when she struggled to comprehend why God allowed the atrocity, Isaiah 55:9 helped: “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways.” As she understood that God extends grace even when He’s dishonored, she felt soothed by His Spirit.
Mary considered Isaiah’s message from God to His wayward people. While calling them back to Himself, God sought to expand their understanding of His merciful character.
Even as the heavens are “higher than” the earth, so were God’s ways “higher than” theirs (v. 9). So too will God show love and grace, more than they could imagine.
While grieving deeply, Mary was stunned to receive God’s gift of peace. She welcomed Jesus’ consoling love, which He poured out in the events that we mark during Holy Week. He’s eager to give us His peace too; we need only to look to Him.
Amy Boucher Pye
INSIGHT
Isaiah 55 begins with a divine invitation: “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters” (v. 1).
God will expound on this imagery of life-giving water in verses 10-11 as He compares His very words to His method of caring for creation: “As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, . . . so is my word that goes out from my mouth.”
Precipitation brings life to the earth; God’s words give life to our spirits. Even in times of grief and doubt, God gives us His peace: “You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace” (v. 12).
Tim Gustafson
APPLICATION
How does reflecting on God’s loving nature help you? How have you found peace when reading the Bible?
PR’s (Pastor Richard) RE-EMPHASIS (From Today’s Post)
“God’s words give life to our spirits. Even in times of grief and doubt, God gives us His peace…all we need to do is only to look to Him.” Adapted
PR’s TAKE
“Weeping may endure for a night but joy comes in the morning.” Psalm 30:5
“Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.” Psalm 34:19
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11
PRAYER
“Creator God, You cherish me. Even when I’m wracked with pain and doubt, you provide hope and love.”
TODAY’S HYMN/WORSHIP/PRAISE/GOSPEL SONG
“MY SOUL HAS BEEN ANCHORED”
… Though the storms keep on raging in my life
And sometimes it’s hard to tell the night from day
Still that hope that lies within is reassured
As I keep my eyes upon the distant shore
I know He’ll lead me safely,
To that blessed place He has prepared
… But if the storms don’t cease
And if the winds keep on blowing
My soul has been anchored in the Lord
… Though the storms keep on raging in my life
And sometimes it’s hard to tell the night from day
Still that hope that lies within is reassured
As I keep my eyes upon the distant shore
I know He’ll lead me safely
To that blessed place He has prepared
… But if the storms don’t cease
And if the winds keep on blowing in my life
My soul has been anchored in, in the Lord
… Oh, I realize that sometimes in this life,
We gonna be tossed
By the waves and the currents that seem so fierce
But in the Word of God, I’ve got an anchor
And it keeps me steadfast and unmovable
Despite the tides
… But if, if the storms don’t cease
And just in case the winds,
They keep on blowing in my life
My soul, my soul’s been anchored in, in the Lord,
In the Lord, in the Lord
My soul, my soul’s been anchored in, in the Lord
My soul, my soul been anchored
My, my, my, my, my, my,
My, my, my, my, my, my, my
My soul, my soul been anchored,
… The pillars may roll, the breakers may dash
I shall not sway because He holds me fast
So dark the day, clouds in the sky
I know it’s alright ’cause Jesus is mine
… And my soul, my soul, my soul,
My soul, my soul has been anchored in the Lord…
