Develope a Palate

Develope a Palate
Daily intake of the Word nourishes the Spirit. Jeremiah's Menu is an exercise in recognizing God's Word made flesh in and around me. Eating the Word in a way that supplies the spiritual nutrients needed to grow. The Menu is offered with the hope of inspiring you to taste and see that the Lord is good. Bon Appetite!

Quote Du Jour

Quote du Jour
Christians may differ on a variety of points, but they have all one spiritual appetite; and if we cannot all feel alike, we can all feed alike on the bread of life sent down from heaven. At the table of fellowship with Jesus we are one bread and one cup. As the loving cup goes round we pledge one another heartily therein. Get nearer to Jesus, and you will find yourself linked more and more in spirit to all who are like yourself, supported by the same heavenly manna. ---Charles Spurgeon, Morning and Evening

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

give thanks in feeling our failures

I fail continually: thoughts, words, actions...

...all fall short...

I struggle with perfectionism.
My own severest critic.
Pain from wrong attitudes, words laced with disdain, eyes rolling...
Not again!

Today, I realized that pain from my failures is good.
Pain, a sign of grief over sin, a sign that I am not my own.
The light of hope that -- Yes -- Christ lives in me.

Thanksgiving.
Repentance.
Forgiveness.
Thanksgiving.

In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons:

"My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline,
and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,
because the Lord disciplines those he loves,
and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son."
Hebrews 12:4-6

Father God, what a privilege that I can call You Father. Thank You for not letting me be comfortable with my sin and failures. Thank You for conviction. Thank You for Your love for me.

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