I wish you'd read this blog plus the previous three
This Blog, "He wants to redeem you...", "Getting Baptized" and "Little Gems" are all from the same night. They kind of go together. I know it may take a little while, but it would probably be best to start with Little Gems and read up. Thanks to anyone who is reading my page. I welcome any and all comments.
I had some more thoughts after I stopped writing, and since it was 2 in the morning, I asked God if he’d give me a break and let me remember some of the gems. And he blessed me. Now I am not saying any of this is great or anything like that. I just felt a clarity and knew I needed to write. Before I sat down the other night I opened our back sliding glass door to check the temp. When I did it was raining, I was kind of stunned, because I hadn’t heard it and it was coming down pretty hard.
As I stood there in the cool damp air under the roof, I listened to the plunks on the gutter, the gushing of water onto the grass and stared up between the clouds to see a few bright stars barely peeking down on me. It was perfect. It also made me think that even while we are sleeping God is at work. In the dark of the night, He was renewing the plants. Giving them the living water they so desperately need. Kind of like us, if we don’t get the living water, Jesus, we end up blowing through life aimlessly like a dead and dried up leaf. A leaf that is hard and stiff and at the lightest little pressure we crack back to the dust we came from without hope.
But that’s not God’s plan, so even in the dark of night, He renews us. How? By getting us wet, muddy and cold. Yeah, sometimes you’ve got to go through the dirt in your life to feel closer to God, so He can renew your mind and your soul. He’ll make you see the need for Him and so He has the opportunity to hold you and hear you cry out in desperation, in need. Yes you do need him, now get down on your knees and cry, and get a little dirty and wet, it’s OK. He’ll understand. All He wants is you, dirt and all. Just you
I had some more thoughts after I stopped writing, and since it was 2 in the morning, I asked God if he’d give me a break and let me remember some of the gems. And he blessed me. Now I am not saying any of this is great or anything like that. I just felt a clarity and knew I needed to write. Before I sat down the other night I opened our back sliding glass door to check the temp. When I did it was raining, I was kind of stunned, because I hadn’t heard it and it was coming down pretty hard.
As I stood there in the cool damp air under the roof, I listened to the plunks on the gutter, the gushing of water onto the grass and stared up between the clouds to see a few bright stars barely peeking down on me. It was perfect. It also made me think that even while we are sleeping God is at work. In the dark of the night, He was renewing the plants. Giving them the living water they so desperately need. Kind of like us, if we don’t get the living water, Jesus, we end up blowing through life aimlessly like a dead and dried up leaf. A leaf that is hard and stiff and at the lightest little pressure we crack back to the dust we came from without hope.
But that’s not God’s plan, so even in the dark of night, He renews us. How? By getting us wet, muddy and cold. Yeah, sometimes you’ve got to go through the dirt in your life to feel closer to God, so He can renew your mind and your soul. He’ll make you see the need for Him and so He has the opportunity to hold you and hear you cry out in desperation, in need. Yes you do need him, now get down on your knees and cry, and get a little dirty and wet, it’s OK. He’ll understand. All He wants is you, dirt and all. Just you
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