The Wonder of the Cross – Day 27 – Everlasting Arms
…I for one am letting
All my walls fall down
In this place of safety
This child has finally found
…I for one am letting
All my walls fall down
In this place of safety
This child has finally found
I really do hope that, however God made the world, God did not just speak words but sang as well!
We do not know what the future holds so it is important to learn who holds the future and hold on to them (cf James 4v13-17).
The power of Hannah, Mary, Vicky, and even me should not be only about foot-stamping and fist-clenching. This power is a power that is manifested through the renunciation of power. Strength, as we learnt yesterday, being made perfect through weakness.
Let Your blood cover me
Wash me white and set me free
Let Your blood make me clean
Today….
Is it true that we, particularly if we are one of the Abrahamic Faiths committed to Shalom, Salaam, Peace are the reason for so much mayhem, murder and massacre?
Can we dare let the ‘Breath of God’ breathe on us?
Just as Jesus is proclaimed to be the light to the nations, so we are called to be his light bearers.
Just as Jesus came into the world to set us free from our petty divisions and hatreds, so we are called to be the standard bearers of peace for the world around us.
To seek for a king we must abandon all thoughts of our own comfort and look for him in the dark places of the world found betwixt the Stable of Bethlehem and the Cross of Calvary
If it’s not Good News for the wealthy as well as for the poor it’s not Good News for anyone. It is the task of the wealthy to be Good News for the poor themselves.