Restoration

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Forgiven, Restored, Accepted. Jun 2, 2022 It is written that we shall “stand before” Him, shall appear, shall be inspected. The promise of glory is the promise, almost incredible and only possible by the work of Christ, that some of us, that…
Decompressing off The Battlefield Jun 21, 2018 Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop. ~Ovid (43 b.c.-a.d. 17) Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. For…
G_d in The Wrong And Injustice Apr 28, 2018 And yet it may happen in these most desperate trials of our human existence that beyond any rational explanation, we may feel a nail-scarred Hand clutching ours. We are able, as Etty Hillesun, the Dutch Jewess…
The Pleasure of His Presence: Everything We Have Been Looking For Nov 5, 2017 I regard myself as the most wretched of all men, stinking and covered with sores, and as one who has committed all sorts of crimes against his King. Overcome by remorse, I confess all my wickedness…
Saturated in Fatigue: Learning to Rest Oct 31, 2017 A re-post on trusting G_d when tired and disoriented… I need this often. In time of trouble go not out of yourself to seek for aid; for the whole benefit of trial consists in silence, patience,…
Winter Is Over, Springtime Has Come Feb 7, 2017 When the lion said—but I don’t know if it spoke—‘You will have to let me undress you.’ I was afraid of his claws, I can tell you, but I was pretty nearly desperate now. So I…
Fumbling into The Presence of G_d Sep 21, 2016 When I get honest, I admit I am a bundle of paradoxes. I believe and I doubt, I hope and get discouraged, I love and I hate, I feel bad about feeling good, I feel guilty…
The Cost of Our Work Aug 26, 2016 We have spoken of trying and trusting, and the difference between the two. Believe me, it is the difference between heaven and hell. ~ Watchman Nee Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands,…
The Beauty And Stress of Renewal Mar 8, 2016 God entrusted his reputation to ordinary people. Yet in some way invisible to us, those ordinary people filled with the Spirit are helping to restore the universe to its place under the reign of God. At…
Living Beyond Our Agendas Oct 30, 2015 Jesus Christ set a window in the tiny dark dungeon of the ego in which we all languish, letting in a light, providing a vista, and offering a way of release from the servitude of the…
Wasted, Drained, Done Jul 15, 2015 If Satan cannot distract you with worldliness, he will seek to drain you with weariness.~ Francis FrangipaneAt that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things…
Separation And Restoration May 27, 2015 We have not to do with a God who is off there above the sky, who can deal with us only through the violation of physical law. We have instead a God in whom we live…
Post Victory Rehabilitation May 3, 2015 Bloody nose and burning eyesRaised in laughter to the skiesI’ve been in trouble but I’m okBeen through the wringer but I’m okWalls are falling and I’m okUnder the mercy and I’m ok~ Bruce Cockburn When I…
Vehement Desire Sep 18, 2012 On how many mornings have I, like Peter, heard the cock crow thrice with an aching heart!Malcolm Muggeridge (1903-1990) Your righteousness, O God, reaches the high heavens. You who have done great things, O God, who…
Restoration Sep 11, 2012 God will do whatever it takes, including killing our mortal bodies, to bring us into a right relationship with Himself.~ Makala DoulosSo I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the…
The Unexpected Party Dec 29, 2011 The purpose of Christ’s redeeming work was to make it possible for bad men to become good—deeply, radically, and finally.~A. W. Tozer (1897-1963) “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I…