broken records and leftovers
the broken record plays its familiar songs of "abundant life", being "doers of the word" or how about "finding my identity in Christ". Last time I esablished that I will not be fixing the broken record. But there is hope... prayer! imagine that...
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. ~Ephesians 3:17-19,
...i wonder how different we would live our lives if we really grasped how high and deep and long and high the love of Christ was. we would probably stop giving him the leftover minutes in our day... we might not be so self absorbed... we would probably finally realize that he came in order for to have life abundantly instead of the half-life we settle for...
i'm well aware of my leftover sacrifices, my inward magnet and my half-life. yet the record plays, broken, repetitive and often very loud and theres really nothing I can do about it. or is there...
I notice that Paul doesn't yell at the Ephesian telling them to "get it". No he "pray[s] that [we], being rooted and established in love, may have power". interesting how prayer seems to be the answer to my limited understanding... amazing...
while my leftover sacrifices, my inward magnet and my half-life would prabably change if i grasped His love for me, i also know that His love surpasses understanding. the only way that i will grasp it is if Jesus performs some heart surgery on me, gives me a heart like mary, breaking my alabaster jar at his feet instead of my glass of water...
time to do some waiting...
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. ~Ephesians 3:17-19,
...i wonder how different we would live our lives if we really grasped how high and deep and long and high the love of Christ was. we would probably stop giving him the leftover minutes in our day... we might not be so self absorbed... we would probably finally realize that he came in order for to have life abundantly instead of the half-life we settle for...
i'm well aware of my leftover sacrifices, my inward magnet and my half-life. yet the record plays, broken, repetitive and often very loud and theres really nothing I can do about it. or is there...
I notice that Paul doesn't yell at the Ephesian telling them to "get it". No he "pray[s] that [we], being rooted and established in love, may have power". interesting how prayer seems to be the answer to my limited understanding... amazing...
while my leftover sacrifices, my inward magnet and my half-life would prabably change if i grasped His love for me, i also know that His love surpasses understanding. the only way that i will grasp it is if Jesus performs some heart surgery on me, gives me a heart like mary, breaking my alabaster jar at his feet instead of my glass of water...
time to do some waiting...
posted by ek at 10:36 AM
1 Comments:
"leftover minuets" and "the half-life that we settle for"...ouch Ek! That hit home a little more than I would have liked it to. Go figure...How I wish that I could grasp even a fraction of that love He has for you and me. You're real and you're honest...thanks bud! :)
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