..fragrance that a heart that has traversed in the valley of dead bones would appreciate.
The message?
There is a hope of resurrection within.
A promise of an un-quenchable, un-defeatable, un-snatchable....hope, that restores. All that which has been stolen, spoilt, eaten by locusts. All from the One who abides within.
Perhaps it was the familiarity of the scent of death and helplessness that surrounded me...having resigned to a so-called "unchangable fact"....for how else could I explain my failure to see this hope within.
If I didn't had to go up to play drums, I would have went up for prayer....I longed to, but I couldn't. He must have heard it.....so He gave a gentle nudge to my heart just before I stood up to go to the drumset....
..."I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?"
John 11:25-26
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open my eyes to see what Your death-defying power can do,
open my ears to hear Your comforting voice,
open my heart to dare to dream for You again,
open my mind from limiting You with my understanding,
open my mouth to acknowledge my need for You,
open my hands to surrender all...to You,
Amen.
Let Him Change Your Mind
“Set your mind on things above, not on the things that are on earth.”Colossians 3:2
God…changes the man by changing the mind. And how does it happen? By…considering the glory of Christ…
To behold him is to become like him. As Christ dominates your thoughts, he changes you from one degree of glory to another until—hang on!—you are ready to live with him.
Heaven is the land of sinless minds…Absolute trust. No fear or anger. Shame and second-guessing are practices of a prior life. Heaven will be wonderful, not because the streets are gold, but because our thoughts will be pure.
So what are you waiting on?…Give him your best thoughts, and see if he doesn’t change your mind.a Max Lucado devotional,Sunday, November 12, 2006
open my eyes to see what Your death-defying power can do,
open my ears to hear Your comforting voice,
open my heart to dare to dream for You again,
open my mind from limiting You with my understanding,
open my mouth to acknowledge my need for You,
open my hands to surrender all...to You,
Amen.