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

Thursday, December 6, 2012

aging relationships...

After spending time with a friend... whose relationship with a parent is changing... effects of age stealing away  what was... I hear these words...
And for those who do not want to win the friendship and love of another person --- who do not expectantly open up their soul to the soul of the other person, until friendship and love come, until they make their entrance --- for such people the deepest blessing of the one life of two intertwined souls will remain forever hidden. For the greatest most profound, tenderest things in the world we must wait.  ---Dietrich Bonhoeffer, God is in the Manger, Week 1, Day 2 *
A healthy... mature... loving... relationship... between a parent... and adult child... is one of the greatest... most profound... tenderest... things in the world... one that requires the longest wait... and one that time... steals away... too soon...

Death... has already taken my parents... each loss... painful...

But I see something different... between me... and the elder-in-law... it is age... that has drawn us close... without the wearing away... we would not be building... growing close...

With loss... and growth... there is Love in the midst...

Each loss filled with lessons to learn... and growth to be had... drawing me to Him... beginning... and growing an eternal relationship...

The wearing away... of the elder-in-law... made the way for Love... to work His way in...

Time... and death... it steals... but He overcomes...

"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." ---Jesus
John 16:33

The tears welling in the eyes of my friend... I feel... considering the short time remaining... for the relationship just beginning... with the 92 years...

I remember the Overcomer... the One death could not keep... the One for whom we still wait... and look forward to the greatest... most profound thing... when...

"...He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."
Revelation 21:4

The greatest relationship to work for... one that time cannot steal... is the one with Him... who was... and is... and is to come... 

Have you chosen to work... cultivate... grow... the one relationship you cannot lose... the one with  deepest blessing...?
Do you want... desire... to open up your soul... to Him...?

[*You too can download from ChristianAudio.com God is in the Manger... it is their free audio-book this month... December 2012]
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