A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit (Isaiah 11:1).

A stump is dead.

It’s kind of the epitome of dead.

And yet, to quote Miracle Max, sometimes it’s “only mostly dead.”

Sometimes, new life will break out of the stump.

The line of David was dead–stump dead.

Israel was done.

But God wasn’t.

Come, Lord Jesus!

Happy Friday, Beloved of Christ.