still on mission...

The wonder of weariness... from the week of service...
defenses low...
the Word reaching wounds... ones I thought healed...
vulnerable to the message...

Weariness... it makes you more... real...

Last night in worship... the challenge was given to be real... recognize... the hard things we all deal with...

Some hard things obvious... they're in your face every day...

Others... they're hidden... beneath masks... they are hard places we hide...

Places we would rather forget... sins we thought we'd gotten past... ones we have under control...

But today... when confronted with a Word... in a state of weariness... there was no energy to mask... pretend...

A scarred wound... came to the surface...

Weariness... makes us... more... real...

Perhaps now... is the time to seek healing... the wound feels fresh again... a scab removed...

The Word says...

"...For I will forgive their iniquity,

and I will remember their sin no more."

Jeremiah 31:34

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In Christ... I am forgiven... He's forgotten my sins... but for me there's a wound... that effects my relationship with Him... in ways I don't even realize...

Weariness... revealed the need... for more healing... until it's completely gone... no more scab... no more scar... leaving a heart free to receive His touch... His grace... in all its fullness...

Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,

whose sin is covered.

Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity,

and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

Psalm 32:1-2

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The blessings of a week of service... freely given... through love... continue...

So full a week of blessings.... days have become confused... Wednesday seemed like Monday... Saturday like Thursday... so amidst the service... I forgot to take a rest from posting... so most likely... Tuesday... will be a rest day... the day to pack up... and return home...

Praise Him... from whom all blessings flow... weariness... and all...