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Going to meditate in the Upper Room.... #XXVI
15 years ago
General
...Before something bad happens!
Read the comments...ugh...and a little support would be nice.
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1657177/
Restored
Read Acts 3:11-16
You also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
-1 Peter 2:5 (NIV)
ON my street sits an empty, Georgian-style house with huge white columns in front. As I pass by, I think how beautiful it must have been in times past. Long neglected, the paint is fading and peeling. The house has been vandalized inside and out. It's hard to know how much damage has actually been done. How much would it cost to restore this old house? I wondered. Can it even be saved? How I wish someone would move in and fix up the place! I know it has the potential to be beautiful again.
That old house is a lot like many of us. We come into this world created by our Maker to be whole. Then someone we trust hurts us emotionally, physically, or both. We may shut off our emotions because it hurts too much to feel. Spirits are broken and sometimes even destroyed. Others may start to wonder if we can ever be restored.
But when we allow Christ Jesus into our hearts, he can heal the scars caused by life and repair our wounded spirit. And unlike that old house on my street that could be too costly to restore, the high price of our restoration has been paid by Christ, the Master Carpenter, whose work is always of highest quality.
Susan Dollyhigh (North Carolina, USA)
Prayer
Dear Father, thank you for your assurance that faith in Jesus Christ can bring us complete healing. Amen.
Thought for the Day
We are never so broken that God cannot restore us.
Prayer Focus
Those whose spirits are broken
Read the comments...ugh...and a little support would be nice.
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1657177/
Restored
Read Acts 3:11-16
You also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
-1 Peter 2:5 (NIV)
ON my street sits an empty, Georgian-style house with huge white columns in front. As I pass by, I think how beautiful it must have been in times past. Long neglected, the paint is fading and peeling. The house has been vandalized inside and out. It's hard to know how much damage has actually been done. How much would it cost to restore this old house? I wondered. Can it even be saved? How I wish someone would move in and fix up the place! I know it has the potential to be beautiful again.
That old house is a lot like many of us. We come into this world created by our Maker to be whole. Then someone we trust hurts us emotionally, physically, or both. We may shut off our emotions because it hurts too much to feel. Spirits are broken and sometimes even destroyed. Others may start to wonder if we can ever be restored.
But when we allow Christ Jesus into our hearts, he can heal the scars caused by life and repair our wounded spirit. And unlike that old house on my street that could be too costly to restore, the high price of our restoration has been paid by Christ, the Master Carpenter, whose work is always of highest quality.
Susan Dollyhigh (North Carolina, USA)
Prayer
Dear Father, thank you for your assurance that faith in Jesus Christ can bring us complete healing. Amen.
Thought for the Day
We are never so broken that God cannot restore us.
Prayer Focus
Those whose spirits are broken
