Lord, teach me how to let You love through me fearlessly. Teach me how to trust You to keep my heart pure and my motives right in every circumstance You allow. My heart is bleeding, God. How must Your heart bleed much more. Here we are, living in America where Christianity has subconciously become a form to many of us. There are so many faces here, faces that are caught in the swift current of activity and the spoil of instant plenty. Behind those faces live hearts… so many broken hearts, because of broken lives- broken by sin and the great famine of true love in our land. Many of those faces have become a facade of happiness… just a facade. I think of Your Son Jesus, and I know if He would be here, He would be going about touching those hearts with such a profound love that the tears would finally release, and He would bring healing through His eternal love and forgiveness. Oh, God, how can so much pain and fear and rejection remain buried and uncared for when so many profess Your love with their mouth?
So please, God, please make us willing vessels of Your love, sanctified and full of Your Spirit and wisdom! Please make us willing to walk humbly and quietly like Jesus did, and not fear the devil’s darts of suspicion and misunderstanding around us. Help us to love quietly and deeply, ready at any moment to lay down our life for those You love. Thank-you so much for Your distinct call to be a friend to sinners. Thank-you for loving me, a sinner.
In Jesus’ name I offer this prayer…
No doubt you have seen in the Gospels of the many sinners who followed Jesus. I have often wondered why vile sinners were attracted to Jesus. God bless you.
I totally echo this heart-cry….
{{{HUGS}}} Leeny
I wanted to talk to you after church but the crowd got to be overwhelming to me! more could be said!
Wanted to know how your heart was doing since the announcement I heard yesterday.
Do you have to go to a different church?
Waaaa! I am throwing a fit! But I do want you where God wants you.
Love and prayers,
Tina
Thank you for those words… The darts of suspicion and misunderstanding have kept me from loving “with a pure heart fervently”, and I needed this encouragement.
It was wonderful to finally give you a hug in person! Hope to see you again (soon)… :)
We need to talk. I’ll get with you soon about finding a time that works for both of us.
this is beautiful, Leeny, and so are you… You have no idea how I thank God for you, especially now. I love you.
You know what especially touched me and made me think? the part about some of the devil’s darts being suspicion and misunderstanding… wow. really made me stop and ponder. deeply.
thank you for opening your heart and sharing this. You are precious, Leeny.
Oh Leeny…you have just expressed my heart. It beats with yours tonight…thank you.
You are such a kindred spirit, Leeny…and I love you.