this Christmas that we celebrate, this is the Winter Passion, the white hot burn of His love.Read more here.
The cross is the sign of God’s lavish, unfathomable affection for us, and we need the cross daily because of these two realities: 1) How else can I remember that He loves me? 2) How else can I remember how to die daily?
And if there is no cross in my Christmas, then my Christmas has lost Christ — and what is the manger if it not for the Messiah, the one who saves us with the scars?
This Babe who lays in a wooden manger, who came to lie on a wooden Cross, He is healing all our wounds…
This white hot love of His cross.
This warming of everything cold….
This blog is looking for wisdom, to have and to share. It is also looking for other rare character traits like good humor, courage, and honor. It is not an easy road, because all of us fall short. But God is love, forgiveness and grace. Those who believe in Him and repent of their sins have the promise of His Holy Spirit to guide us and show us the Way.
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Warming of everything cold
Ann Voskamp writes today that
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