My Portal Cake
oh, inconsistent me
crying out for consistency
When I Felt Very Fragile
Today, as I walked across solid, hot pavement, a feeling of fragility suddenly overwhelmed me. I do not know why I felt this way, but all I could do in the moment was thank God that He was holding the ground beneath my feet. It was a good thing to feel. I wanted to write about it, and this what I wrote.
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The ground beneath my feet is firm, unfaltering –
Held in place by the grace of God.
God made it to fulfill exactly what he willed
And it does nothing less, and every
Step I take in confidence
That God is in control.
But if earth were to crumble to dust
Beneath the soles of my feet,
The ever-flowing peace of God would carry me
Through rapid movements of molecules of air,
And I would fall without a care to know that
God still has control.
So I walk this ground with thankful,
Trembling heart, knowing my God holds
The molecules of earth together
And could, if He would choose,
Rend them apart - I am thankful
That in His grace He has not.
A clip from John Piper’s sermon, “Paper, Rock, Scissors, and Glory: or, You Will Always Lose Because His Hand is Sovereign Over all 3 Choices”
John Piper is awesome primarily because of his love for God. He is awesome secondarily because of his hand gestures.
Please, God, Make Them Alive
My heart breaks
To see so many
Seem to walk away.
I could wish myself
Accursed and take
Their place, but
God does not work
In such ways.
I pray and plea
For them to see
What they would
Leave, But only God
Can do that work.
They are dead
And not alive,
And I cannot
Give them life.
That is a miracle
Of Christ, work
Of faith and
Opened eyes.
Please, God,
Make them alive.
New guitar strings = happy Josiah. (Taken with instagram)
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
- Romans 8:1-4 (ESV)
Seeing and savoring the supremacy of Jesus frees you from the bondage of sin for the sacrifices of love.
My thinking has been changing over the past week or so. I don’t mind it one bit.
In Death
God, please use this as a wake up call to Christians who have grown cold in heart. May we never take our faith in You for granted. Be the strength of Youcef and his family.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/02/22/iran-court-convicts-christian-pastor-convert-to-death/
One of the great uses of Twitter and Facebook will be to prove at the Last Day that prayerlessness was not from lack of time.
