The Wonder of the Cross – Day 34 – Nothing Is Impossible
Now is the time to open our eyes more widely.
Now is the time to give our shackles a shake; they are ready to fall off.
Now is the time to drink deeply from the well of Living Water.
Now is the time to open our eyes more widely.
Now is the time to give our shackles a shake; they are ready to fall off.
Now is the time to drink deeply from the well of Living Water.
Whatever form our hard ground may take at the moment, let us rejoice in our lilies and listen to their testimony. There is an end set to pain – to sin.
We can’t always have the physical ‘Hiding Places’ that wonderful saints such as Corrie Ten Boom have provided for people fleeing all sorts of pain and persecution, but we do have our Beloved
Let us die while still inspiring everybody. Make us inspirers of others to the very end.
Meeting Jesus [Mary Magdalene] knew she could no longer be the false self she was living, trying to gain acceptance by being a plaything of others instead of being the servant of the Lord.
A lover of our Lord was asked which of all His words she would most wish to hear Him say to her. She answered: ‘Ye are they which have continued with Me in My temptations.’
When we finally learn that indeed, ‘your steadfast love is better than life’, the only thing we can do is praise and dance and sing.
A name, place, person, or something seen or heard or read flashes for one second across the mind. It can be lost or turned to prayer; the choice is with us.
…if we can’t worship with the rest of the Body of Christ we will worship where we are because the Spirit of God is not imprisoned in the sanctuary of a cathedral or the pulpit of a chapel.
…the way we must look on the sins and weaknesses of others, not condoning (Moses did not condone), but with eyes of uttermost love.