We need reminders of who we are and how things actually are. And so we come to the table exactly as we are, some days on top of the world, other days barely getting by. Some days we feel like a number, like a cog in a machine, severed and separated from the depth of things, this day feeling like all the others. Other days we come feeling tuned in to the song, fully alive, hyper-aware of the God who is all in all. And so when I talk about God, Im talking about the Jesus who invites us to embrace our weakness and doubt and anger, offering it up in all of its mystery, strangeness, pain, and unresolved tension to God, trusting that in the same way that Jesus offering of his body and blood brings us new life, this present pain and brokenness can also be turned into something new. The peace we are offered is not a peace that is free from tragedy, illness, bankruptcy, divorce, depression, or heartache. It is peace rooted in the trust that the life Jesus gives us is deeper, wider, stronger, and more enduring than whatever our current circumstances are, because all we see is NOT all there is and the last word about us and our struggle has NOT yet been spoken.
Posted on: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 17:11:54 +0000
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