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

Monday, February 17, 2014

filtering me...

What I find most difficult... about writing... teaching... and life in general... is filtering... me...

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Galatians 2:20

There's the broken me... and the me Christ created me to be... and the two... they have it out...

Too often the me who is dead... slips out... with her self-righteous arrogance... forgetting any righteousness comes only from Him... forged on a cross...

The fear-full me... who thinks worry... is a way to control... tries to shroud my heart... this one forgets... I am safe in Him... He is for my good... and His glory... through all He allows...

And there's the me who thinks I'm not enough... and what He provides... is not enough... she forgets... the always more than enough... of bread... and fishes... and words...

Each step... each moment... of this journey... requires... filtering of me... for Him to create... what's new... free... unbound... and unwound...

Trusting Him... to filter me... as needed...

Wretched man that I am!
Who will deliver me from this body of death?
Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!
Romans 7:24-25 ESV


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