Posts Tagged "freedom"

Who’s The Judge?

Posted by on May 8, 2012 in Blog, Devotional, Encouragement | 0 comments

Who’s The Judge?

The Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.  John 5:22-23 The apostle John got me thinking… What could be a better way for the Father to show how much He loves the Son than for Him to give the Son the power to judge the...

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The Beautiful Choice

Posted by on Jul 31, 2011 in Blog, Devotional, Poetry | 11 comments

The Beautiful Choice

    Choices…. God could have made us robots, marching to His heart, forced to love completely, obeying from the start.   Instead He made us separate, with built-in modes for choice, so love would prove more precious when we finally hear His voice… I wrote that in high school when faced with a gazillion choices… I was the insecure girl who believed that if somebody didn’t...

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Beside My Cross

Posted by on Apr 23, 2011 in Blog, Poetry | 6 comments

Beside My Cross

  In truth, be rooted in Easter Love today, light and free as a tree bud, purposed and held together by Divine dwelling in your small, simple swelling. You’re your Branch’s crowning hope-jewel, Heaven’s waving, waiting, merry-making tool. The Easter Seed broke to tell your glory story, singing you to fullness, clothing you in new, death-defying nature, securing all...

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Naked Shame Reversed

Posted by on Apr 22, 2010 in Blog, Poetry | 3 comments

Naked Shame Reversed

One day when I was a kid, I saw a mother at the mall accidentally drop her baby. Strange, how these precise moments of horror permanently press themselves in our brains. I’ve never seen anyone actually step on a baby, but I’ve seen the next closest thing: someone step on grace. Like an innocent, valuable, vulnerable baby, the gift of God’s grace was both painful and costly; but we step on...

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