On this journey,
make my heart melt not flint.
Hold fast oh my soul.
Grasp me tight, O God!
Thaw me out.
Zechariah 7:12.
How do I do that?
How can I not do that?
O God, Make my heart burn, break, bend, burst at the sound of Your Voice, Your Words.
PRAYER FROM PSALMS
O God, May Your Word be like the hammer that breaks the rocks to pieces, like the snow on a warm day that melts my freezing heart. Melt me like the snow. Break me like the rocks. Cover me with a blanket of grace where I busily say: "not yet." Thank You for what you are doing in all of our lives. Grace Upon Grace.
Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. - Zechariah 7:9
ReplyDeleteIf I am honest with myself, I think life is unfair. When I feel taken advantage of, something inside me rises up and says, "Justice, Lord!" But almost as quickly as that thought comes to me, God reminds me that I will be judged the way I judge others.
What is fair, anyway? True justice is to show mercy. To replace vengeance in our hearts with a softness of heart that knows God is ultimately the Judge, not I. I must allow God to mold my heart to show mercy in the same way that I have been shown much compassion and mercy.
A serious call to repent and return today: "Return to Me and I will return to you."
Father, melt our hearts. Thank you for blankets of Grace. We love you and feel our hearts' hardness begin to dissolve with Your outpouring of Love over us. Even this minute, an area comes to mind where You need to do Your divine work and remove bitterness, hardness. Your Blood was shed for this. Yes, thank you for the beautiful blanket of Grace. In the merciful Name of Jesus, Amen.
Don't we all think life is unfair. For me, most of the time. But it is what I do with that? Unfair that I don't get what I want? Unfair that people treat me like dirt? Do we have any rights in this life? What is fair? Sometimes, I think I'm asking the wrong questions? Maybe it should be" What is holy?"
ReplyDeleteIt used to be a big question for me---do I have any rights? But, God settled it for me as I went through suffering and wrestling with deep questions. I am so arrogant to think that this world exists for my pleasure, my comfort, my world. Thanks for sharing, Annette!
Don't we all think life is unfair. For me, most of the time. But it is what I do with that? Unfair that I don't get what I want? Unfair that people treat me like dirt? Do we have any rights in this life? What is fair? Sometimes, I think I'm asking the wrong questions? Maybe it should be" What is holy?"
ReplyDeleteIt used to be a big question for me---do I have any rights? But, God settled it for me as I went through suffering and wrestling with deep questions. I am so arrogant to think that this world exists for my pleasure, my comfort, my world. Thanks for sharing, Annette!