growth
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Called
I hear it now:Your call to obedianceis always an invitationto relationship. Apart from the VineI can do nothing. But the Vine’s ability is made evidentin my inability aswe abide. Me in You. You in Me. Your ability running through me.Your fruit on my limbs. You call me to obey. And You call me to witness Continue reading
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Shattered
It feels a bit to good be true: probably the most Christian way to live is from a place of rest, security, and love – to love from a place of being loved by God. [When we resist that idea I think it’s insightful to ask why that is. For me, it often involves a Continue reading
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I will dare
I will look into Your eyesand I will dare to tell Youthe truth:I’m scaredto just behere with You.Because then, I think, You might be unimpressed. You might grow impatient.You might lose interest. You might leave.I’ve wanted to be more-to pleaseto self-improveto be needed. But I’m confused.Disappointed.I thought this washow to be with You. When it’s Continue reading
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Asking the Father
I love (and sometimes really dislike) how my kids are unafraid to ask me for unreasonable things, cry when I say “no,” and then come to me for comfort. Their tears aren’t toward me personally, though it may feel like it to them and myself for a time. Their tears are really for the loss Continue reading
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My Heart
Carefully, firmly you remove the bush of thorns and buds, potential for pain and beauty, from the small pot now unnecessary means of confinement that stunted it’s growth. We examine the roots, stems, leaves. You hold it with understanding, pointing out the potential for growth that will be unhindered. We make room in the earth Continue reading
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because
Because new life is breathed into us Because growth is abiding all we have to boast in is Christ. People praise God for the good, beautiful things we do because we let people close enough to see that it couldn’t come from us but the light in us. And we learn to accept encouragement and Continue reading
The Worth Of Knowing 