your kindness leads us to repentance
your favor Lord we desire, your beauty makes us stand in silence,
your love is better than life… (song/psalm)
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two people in the same conversation - one is convicted and listens, the other is annoyed but hears and is changed - the same meal, the same conversation, two people on either side of the same person -
I want to be the one who is changed - I can read and hear a million words, but if I do not grow it has been worth nothing
I hope I am always aware of my ignorance and sin - and that in the midst of that despair and darkness I find the enlightment and freedom only God can give -
I want to love people - not protecting, enabling or drawing a false sense of security/worth from them - but loving them for who they are - not my false images - and content to walk beside them, embracing them - love one another deeply - as we travel this life
my heart pounds with joy whenever i see a change in a friend - growth - life - a realization - greater freedom - i look forward to seeing their faces change with age and my prayer is that we will mature and grow and that our wrinkles will be reflections of our rootedness in Christ -
my eyes can’t wait for heaven, where we will live forever, and where i will be able to witness the glory of God reflected in each of His children perfectly -
oh, that today were that day