I love the Lord because he hears my voice and my prayer for mercy. Because he bends down to listen, I will pray as long as I have breath!
Can you even imagine the God of the Universe bending down to listen to the cries of those who are asking for mercy? (mercy means to have kindness or compassion)
Have you ever talked to a child and really got down to their level.
Perhaps bending a knee to get closer so you can hear them?
That is what this verse is saying.
He bends down to listen.
I would love the Lord even if I thought he didn’t listen
but isn’t it wonderful to know he does?
How powerful that is.
That we are important enough to have him listen.
He bends down to listen
when I whisper
when I cry
when I laugh
when I speak
when I sing
doesn’t it make your heart happy?
Oh that we can know and experience the deep love of God
Last night my husband made us a wonderful Irish whiskey flat iron steak dinner, baked potatoes with peas and little pearl onions. It was sweet and very good. He did it all by himself with his arm still in a sling and he even had the table set with a candle burning.
It was a wonderful Valentine treat.
Often times I tell him “I don’t want a card or gifts on Valentines day. It’s a day when Hallmark makes a ton of money and florist shops go crazy.”
I would rather have a simple evening together and a ‘surprise’ on another day when I ‘don’t feel good’ or when my heart is hurting or when I just need a bit of encouraging. Something nurturing for my heart and spirit not just ‘because it is the day to do it’ but because you want to lift my mood up a little. Thank you honey for a wonderful dinner and your surprise in planning it.
This is really a beautiful song. When I first heard it… the words just settled into my spirit as I listened. There is a very moving question throughout the song… my prayer is that it ministers to you in in a powerful and wonderful way as it did to me.
A few weeks ago in one of our Pastor’s teaching he said, “Our messes are based on false agreements.” “Our normal way of thinking or working in the spiritual sense is outside in- instead of inside out.“ Then he continued to teach out of 1st Corinthians 2:9-15 talking about the Spirit. However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived” the things God has prepared for those who love him- these things are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given to us. Then Pastor said: “The irony of the spirit… the part of God that we are closest to… we are the most unaware of.” I pause so you can think about it~ Most unaware of… least thought about… not given time or recognition.
Is that Sad to you? It is to me. Our messes are the things in our lives we need to work on. Our messes are the things the Spirit can remove if we allow it. Did you realize that Messiah begins with Mess? Our mess can be His opportunity to show power and gentleness and healing and restoration. John and Staci Eldredge talk about agreements. As an example: if someone is hurt as a child they will tell themselves ‘no one is going to hurt me again in this way.’ The wall goes up and becomes a solid fortress. That becomes an internal agreement. No one will hurt me. When someone says something hurtful or does something hurtful the wall is built and it is firm. The defense becomes our way of thinking and our way of living from that moment on… then into adulthood. Oh I hope we can grasp this teaching. How many false agreements are we carrying around in the woundedness of our hearts? How many of them are holding us down and keeping us without power or healing or health? Just to give you something to think about today. I pray that our messes can be handed off to the great Messiah. It is through the messiness of our hearts where we become healed, if we open up and allow the agreements to stop. Lord God help us to become ‘whole and healed’ people as we allow you to search our hearts and fill us with the hope and healing we so long for. You are the God who heals and takes away our messes… You are our great Messiah.
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I can do everything through him who gives me strength. ==================== Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow." Courage is not the absence of fear but it's taking action in the midst of it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A diamond is a chunk of coal that made good under pressure.
It's your heart, not the dictionary that gives meaning to your words. Matthew 12:34 (msg) version.
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Ann Voskamp's blog A holy Experience This image of a bleeding heart represents a journey of healing from brokenness to wholeness. Some of my favorite books: One thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp
Married over 46 years and entered into my 65th year of life.
I am a mother of two and grandmother of six and mom to two very spoiled kitties. I love to worship and encourage and of course write whenever I can find a topic or subject to share about.
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