Slowing our soul to God’s pace is the relational equivalent of measuring twice and cutting once. Waiting on God means making fewer mistakes.
Tag: relationships
As cosy as our home is, comfort will not cause us to grow. And the Great Commission will not be fulfilled while we are in our jammies. ‘Go’ is a vital part of the instruction. And truly, isolation leads to spiritual deconstruction: we’ve made the enemy’s efforts so much easier when we refuse to leave the house.
I think about our Lord, wrapped in a length of cloth and laid in a cold, stone tomb. A pauper’s garb is just one more reminder of His humanity. Death is the great equalizer, is it not?
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.
My friend remembered vividly how prone we are to hurting one another and warned me against inflicting even more damage.
“He wanted desperately to see Jesus, but the crowd was in his way – he was a short man and couldn’t see over the crowd. So he ran on ahead and climbed up in a sycamore tree so he could see Jesus.” (Luke 19:3-4 MSG)…