This entire week has been reminding me of what I was like before I surrendered to Jesus.
I wrote a post on Wednesday about Transformed – a poem I had written during my walk, remembering how I felt – broken. My word was Empty. It means the same. Unfulfilled. The same.
Broken means to come without any preconceived notion of being fixed. I can’t do this on my own. I need a Saviour. (Tweet this)
And He came – into my life, filling all the nooks and crannies. Helping me dump all the fears, worries, self-consciousness. Making me whole.
He continues to mend me, and prepare me for my eventual meeting of Him. Sometimes being broken hurts, a lot. Sometimes the glue doesn’t hold and it needs mending.
Broken is what I am. I won’t be completely fixed until Heaven. But during the mending stage I am learning, growing and getting closer and closer in my relationship with God.
The first song I heard that spoke into my heart and started to mend my soul was Hungry (Falling on my Knees).
Thinking much today about what God did for me. Broken for me. Body and Blood. For us. He did all of this for us. Let’s accept it and surrender.
Time’s up. What do you think of when you think of the word BROKEN?
1. Write for 5 minutes flat for pure unedited love of the written word.
2. Link back here and invite others to join in {you can grab the button code in my blog footer}
3. Go leave some comment props for the five minute artist who linked up before you {and if you love us, consider turning off word verification for the day to make it easier for folks to say howdy}
It’s a great way to catch your breath at the end of a long week.
My husband searched for a compass at a marine store the other day. He wanted to have one on his boat – I am not sure why because I like to stay close enough to shore that I can see it. But he purchased one anyway. I hope he hasn’t got some notion of going into larger areas of water where we can’t see land.
I thought of how we sometimes use our GPS to find a place and how we end up on the other side of the street and still have to stop and ask a person where to find the store.
Praise the Lord that He is a true compass – One Who can guide, point and save us. That’s how I see the letters GPS – God Points and Saves – He shows us the way.
On this Good Friday, as we think of how He saved us – remember why He came – why He went to this trouble and pain – for us.
He calls to us from the deep.
He speaks into our hearts and souls.
He wants to touch us and restore us to godly lives.
That’s why He came – to make a “gateway into life for us”. He overthrew Satan, so we could become sons of God.
“He had triumphed to save the human race. Every human being can get through into the presence of God now because of what the Son of Man went through.” (Oswald Chambers, April 5th)
So today I leave you with this song.
The Wonderful Cross by Matt Redman and Chris Tomlin
Eternal Father of my soul, let my first thought today be of Thee, let my first impulse be to worship Thee, let my first speech be Thy name, let my first action be to kneel before Thee in prayer. O God, who hast been the Refuge of my fathers through many generations, be my Refuge today in every time and circumstance of need. Be my Guide through all that is dark and doubtful. Be my Guard against all that threatens my spirit’s welfare. Be my Strength in time of testing. Gladden my heart with thy peace; through Jesus Christ my Lord. AMEN. (bolding is mine) (John Baillie, twentieth-century Scottish theologian and ecumenical leader)
“Our faith has to be worked out in actualities” (Oswald Chambers)
reading Oswald Chambers each morning on my new IPOD
thinking about Easter
learning more by studying God’s Word
excited about flying home in 2 weeks and getting hugs from kids, grandkids and friends
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Jan Cox
Jan, a former school teacher and small business owner, found a new passion in writing in her retirement. She has published two devotionals and a number of articles for magazines and a Bible study. She is owner of Under the Cover of Prayer and moderates the site. She also writes at A Better Way. Jan is working on a couple children’s books in which she is also the watercolour illustrator.
