It's been over a month since I last stopped by here. Life just keeps flying by ... and with it come lots of opportunities, lots of challenges, lots of trials and joys, too. Lots of chances to lift up my head and know that God is sovereign over all of the tangles and turns of life!
I was reading a article late last night, and was so impressed by the following little excerpt. I think you'll be blessed, too. If there's anything I want even more than I want life itself, it's this one: that we would fulfill the longing of Jesus Himself. "As in heaven, so on earth." So it's with that longing - a longing that almost literally hurts - that I share the following.
"I long for the day when we... image-bearers of God, will never again
hurt one another. No more marginalizing or minimizing one another; no
more demeaning or dismissing one another; no more vilifying or idolizing
one another; no more hating or hurting one another; no more using or
abusing one another in any way.
No more gossip, just gospel. No more slandering anybody, just serving
everybody. No more labeling, just loving. No more resentment, just
enjoyment. No more meanness, just kindness. No more retaliation, just
reconciliation. … FOREVER
Hasten the Day when we will finally and fully love one
another as you love us, Jesus. Until that day, keep us groaning and
growing in grace. Don’t let us get used to hurting each other. Grant us a
beautiful sadness and quick repentances when we love poorly. May the
world recognize us as your disciples by the way we love one another." {End of quotation}
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