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Thursday, March 28, 2013

When You Need to Live Again

The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.  Song of Songs 2:12


Are you out there wondering where God is tonight, and are your heart holes spilling this dreadful feeling that maybe He's forgotten about you?  Maybe He's forgotten that your body isn't fixed, and the doctors don't know what to do now.  Maybe He's forgotten that you're carrying a burden so heavy that all you want to do is lay it right down.  Maybe He doesn't see that you're struggling to pay the bills and struggling to parent single handedly and struggling to live and breathe and move. Maybe He doesn't understand that you're only human and that you're only hurting.  Maybe... 



Friend, what can you do but trust in Jesus?  If He leads you through the valley or to the top of the mountain or...to the foot of the cross, won't you slip your hand right in His and...

follow Him?

Casting all your anxieties on Him because He cares for you.  1 Peter5:7 

He cares...
FOR YOU.

He cares so much that He went all the way to the cross...

FOR YOU.

And He died...

FOR YOU.

And He said it was enough, and that it was finished, and that your works stink to high heaven and so...

Why in the world are you trying to earn your way?  

If Jesus had Himself nailed to a tree...

FOR YOU.

Why do you keep running away...

from Him?

He paid a decent price to be your friend, and to win your love, and to...SAVE YOUR LIFE.

He rose from the dead, and He wants to raise you too.

Don't you believe that?

Don't you remember your first love?  (Revelation 2:4)

Aren't you tired of pulling alone and...

Don't you want to start living for God?

You don't have to prove anything to Jesus.  You can sit with Him like the oldest and best friend you'll ever have, and...

You.  
     Can.  
          Talk.  
               To.  
                    God.

And if you think you've got nothing to offer?  Believe me, I understand, but...consider the lilies of the field.  
(Matthew 6:28)  See what they bring to the table?










It's not about easter, see?
It's about a God Who came to earth to die...
so you might live.

It's about RESURRECTION.

Don't.  You.  Want.  Your.  Life.  Raised?



Bernadette


And those who know Your Name put their trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
Psalm 9:10

1 comment:

  1. what can you do but trust in Jesus? If He leads you through the valley or to the top of the mountain or...to the foot of the cross, won't you slip your hand right in His and...

    follow Him?

    Wow.
    good words this particular Good Friday.
    Thanks.

    Love:)

    r

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