Unforgiveness embitters. It’s been compared to a poison we drink in hope of destroying others. It does, in fact, destroy others, just not the others we had in mind. Unforgiveness infiltrates our family first. It is blight in the branches of our family tree.
Tag: mercy
The thing about living in a land with winter is that you really get an appreciation for coming in from the cold. There is nothing snugger then being out in the blustery snow and ice one moment and then in the next being welcomed into a cozy home with warm radiators and steaming cups of coffee or cocoa. In the winter we step inside our friend’s cocoon of warmth, shed our boots and coats by the door and are immediately enveloped in the warmth and love of relationship.
Hating evil has nothing to do with hating people. Our world has falsely entwined the two. Hating evil is abhorring the affliction that plagues humanity and in the same breath, fighting tirelessly to extricate souls from sin’s deadly grip.
“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.” (Lamentations 3:22-23 NIV) Right now I am thinking about how God meets me each and every morning with fresh mercy and…
Have you ever considered the sum total of your sin? Take a moment, right now, and try to tally up your transgressions against God… against others… It’s a bit staggering, isn’t it?
When we are living in sin and we experience the searing presence of the Holy Spirit, we squirm under His inquisition.
“But if I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before Him.” (Job 5:8 NIV) Now we have to take the words of Job’s friends with a grain of salt. These well-meaning cohorts suffered from slightly-flawed theology. That being said,…
His goodness chases us down until He catches us completely, and carries us into His presence entirely. Then He goes after our kids.
God is not slow in keeping His promise, we are slow in letting His promise keep us. The the journey slows down, it is grace so we can catch up to where God longs for us to live: unafraid, totally devoted, excited about the future with Him.