S – Then I said: Woe is me for I am ruined because I am a man of unclean lips and live among a people of unclean lips, and because my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Armies

Isaiah 6:5 CSB

O – Commentary:

Isaiah had pronounced woes (threats of judgment) on the nation (Isa. 5:8–23), but now by saying Woe to me! (cf. 24:16) he realized he was subject to judgment. This was because he was unclean. When seen next to the purity of God’s holiness, the impurity of human sin is all the more evident. The prophet’s unclean lips probably symbolized his attitudes and actions as well as his words, for a person’s words reflect his thinking and relate to his actions. Interestingly Isaiah identified with his people who also were sinful (a people of unclean lips

“Isaiah,” in The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures

A – We are unclean and broken vessels in our relationship with God.  Yet, the blood of Jesus forgives our sins and covers us.  Gratitude and humility are our first response to God’s love that does for us what we could not do. 

R – Heavenly Father, we stand in awe of the presence of the Lord of all.  Thank you for loving and forgiving us when we are unclean before you.  We are grateful and humbled that we are considered for such love.  Help us to show our love to you today in our thoughts, words and actions.