Mar 2, 2020
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...at the end of the weekend, Lord, You bring us limping ones into the valley of The Cupped Hands, We trust Your whisper that even at our lowest, You love us to the heights, right into heaven. We sigh relief that at our weariest, You strengthen us with the irony, the paradox: that the mysteries we don't understand are manna to sustain us, that the suffering we don't want is a gift to rebirth us, that the road we don't like is the narrow way into the expanse of more God. And that's how it is: suffering can be a friend who drives us where we didn’t know we needed to go. The limping lean into You. Lead on Lord. #HonestPrayers
via @annvoskamp "... thank God come the end of the day, Lord there's no condemnation for those in Christ, for those in over their heads, in a mess, in a bad way. Thank God there's no condemnation for those who blew it, who bombed it, who lost it -- because they've found You, who gently takes the disillusioned & disappointed & disoriented and say, "I don't condemn your brokenness, I carry your burdens. I don't condemn you. I came to take it all, shoulder it all, cover it all. I don't care about your past, about what you did or didn't get perfect -- I care about your pain. I care about you — I don’t condemn you. I *care about you.*” And we feel the exhale of it because You assure us --- that our past isn't ever a prison. Our past is meant to be a tutor --- never a trial judge. And we feel the weight of everything lift, us lifted up to a Love Who comes down to carry us into the rest of God. " #HonestPrayers bit.ly/StickyNotesForYourSoul
Dear God, I am trusting You to make a rainbow from this stormy time in my life. I'm believing You to make the way clear even though it looks drear. You see the end from the beginning. My ways are not Your ways. All I'm saying is... I'm looking to You.
You have to give away the things you want in life. If you want money, give money. If you want love, give love. How are you going to be a blessing to others if you're always focused on yourself?
Thoughts.