Just thought i would challenge myself again...see a good one-liner, and try to expand on it and see what thoughts flow, so yups...let see! =)
The heavenly exchange- what kind of transaction is this, that trades my rags for eternal riches? Pain (healed), sorrow (replaced with Joy!), burden (lifted), guilt (replaced with faith)!
The ability to call on my Abba Father, see the sacrifice of Jesus,
"It's so easy to call you Saviour, close enough to call you friend!"
The heavenly exchange- what kind of transaction is this, that trades my rags for eternal riches? Pain (healed), sorrow (replaced with Joy!), burden (lifted), guilt (replaced with faith)!
The ability to call on my Abba Father, see the sacrifice of Jesus,
"It's so easy to call you Saviour, close enough to call you friend!"
I cannot fathom the nature of this exchange, God trading His only Son to die on the cross for my sins, in ADVANCE, before i was even made! It just boggles my mind!
Reminds of this quote i saw,
"Wanted before you were conceived,
Loved before you took your first breath"
~Soul Cravings~
For all those who have hurt or been hurt before (and that's everyone i figure...),
Do you feel that something has been ripped away? Stolen, left empty, broken?
Or does guilt, emptiness, fear, worry, the desire to run away, the pain of facing the same thoughts, facing the ugliness of self, the desire to "repair" the damage,
do these things plague you?
God's Heavenly Exchange is the one woven throughout the bible...
He says with a tender smile; and nail-pierced hands;
"I died to forgive your sins"
"I don't condemn you"
"you are washed white as snow"
"Because...I Love you"
And...in His firm Fatherly discipline;
"Now GO! And sin no more"
"Now GO! And sin no more"
He has returned (and given more!) what others...had stolen away.
Only Jesus could do such a thing! =)
Grace and Mercy, Meekness and Majesty
John 3:16
