Whispers of His Power – APRIL 12
the way to show true sympathy is not to pity, but to stand by and strengthen the sufferer to do God’s will.
the way to show true sympathy is not to pity, but to stand by and strengthen the sufferer to do God’s will.
Whispers of His Power – APRIL 10 NOTE: In many years of reading Amy’s work I have never come across words that are as jarring as these. I can understand her words if she is speaking of our own journeys and needing to ‘hate’ that within us that is not lovely. For that reason I’ve decided… Continue reading Whispers of His Power – APRIL 10
….as the empty shell on the shore is filled with the fullness of the sea as it washes up and over it, so we may be filled to the brim and to overflowing with the fullness of God.
When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth…
It seems that after all of the long journey from Bethlehem to Egypt, Nazareth to Galilee, Jerusalem to Golgotha, we finally end up where we began. ‘Do not be afraid!’ But this time the angels and our risen Lord provide an antidote for our fear. For all of our fears.
To understand the force of any Scripture, a good plan is to put it into opposite words….
Cherished by the One we cherish we are transformed and enabled to love the unlovely with the same love which turned our inner beast into beauty.
Easter has always been BOGOF – Buy One Get One Free.
…not deserving this the greatest of all gifts, have the love of the One Who Loves us Best lavished upon us not once but twice! We are saved by the death of our Beloved and we are saved even more by His Resurrection.
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.
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