Looking Back
on the Labyrinth of Afflictions.
II Corinthians 1: 1 - 6.
God comforts us in our afflictions.God delivers us from all of our afflictions.
And we bless Him for both comfort & deliverance.
Quiet this conscience of mine in this affliction in which I sit.
Calm the raging passions flooding my mind with how I think it should be.
One of the most unbelievable experiences I have had was when II Corinthians 1:8-10 happened to me. I was burdened excessively, beyond my strength, so that I despaired even of life. A troubled childhood, violence, gang rape, addictions, miscarriages, and then it happened---burdened excessively. January 13, 2006. "Indeed [I] had the sentence of death within so that I would not trust in [myself] but in God Who raises the dead." II Cor. 1:8-9, He did! He raised me up from the dead. I didn't think I was going to make it through. Oh! Make no mistake, He raised me up to life that I've never known. More alive than I've ever been. More aware of the sin within than ever and I now know how to handle even that by His Grace. It's called "The Great Divide." [Oswald Chambers] I have set my hope on God, not on this world. And He will YET deliver me even more.
Oh! What a Beautiful God! I wouldn't trade what I went through for anything. It was so God working good in my life. Always.
"God produces a providential crisis where we have to decide---FOR or AGAINST, and from that point the "Great Divide" begins. If the crisis has come to you on any line, surrender your will to Him absolutely and irrevocably." Oswald Chambers My Utmost for His Highest January 1.
So…Go after a life of love as if your life depended on it, because it does. I Cor 14:1 The Message.
Love breathes in all the air of your life,
and exhales the grace and comfort that
we have been comforted with. 2 Cor. 1:4.
No selectivity in going after love.
Every moment today where I have not love,
it is relational sin ruling in my heart.
May we go after this life
and face the hard.
"Let what you see, drive you to the precipice of unbelief.
Let what you feel bring you to the brink of despair.
If God exists, He is Good,
His Story is Loving,
His plan is on target.
The Holy Spirit will speak into the deep place in your heart
that only terrifying doubts render accessible.
And in that place, He will anchor you in Hope." 66LL
Love breathes in all the air of your life,
and exhales the grace and comfort that
we have been comforted with. 2 Cor. 1:4.
No selectivity in going after love.
Every moment today where I have not love,
it is relational sin ruling in my heart.
May we go after this life
and face the hard.
"Let what you see, drive you to the precipice of unbelief.
Let what you feel bring you to the brink of despair.
If God exists, He is Good,
His Story is Loving,
His plan is on target.
The Holy Spirit will speak into the deep place in your heart
that only terrifying doubts render accessible.
And in that place, He will anchor you in Hope." 66LL
PHOTO: The place I go to pray for love after the Great Divide…
It was You, O God, who split open the sea by your power. Psalm 74:13. The Great Divide. It is You, O God, splitting open this chapter with Hope in the midst of this turmoil. Thank you for the great divides in our lives. Thank You!
It was You, O God, who split open the sea by your power. Psalm 74:13. The Great Divide. It is You, O God, splitting open this chapter with Hope in the midst of this turmoil. Thank you for the great divides in our lives. Thank You!
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