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, July 19, 2016

really hard...

It's really hard... in our brokenness...
to come to grips... with His holiness...

Really... hard...

Our broken emotions...
skewed reasoning...
confused understanding...
make it difficult...
to see His grace in hard things...
to see His way in the dark...
when death brings life...
and love bears all things...

It's hard... to wrestle with God...
but that's what He invites us to do...
like Jacob... renamed Israel... God-wrestler...

But Jacob said, "I will not let you go unless you bless me."
And he said to him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Jacob."
Then he said, "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob,
but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men,
and have prevailed." Then Jacob asked him, "Please tell me your name."
But he said, "Why is it that you ask my name?"
And there he blessed him. So Jacob called the name of the place
Peniel, saying, "For I have seen God face to face,
and yet my life has been delivered."
Genesis 32:26-30 ESV

Jacob... the one who in his brokenness...
stole his father's blessing from his brother Esau...
the one who yearned for a legitimate blessing...

His heavenly Father engaged him... wrestled him...
Jacob's cry is one of a broken heart...
I won't let you go unless you bless me...

The Father in His grace... blessed him...
with a new name... a new character...
as one invited into the wrestling match...
to move from brokenness...
to holiness...

It's really hard for brokenness...
to come to grips with His holiness...
but in His grace...
He invites us...
calls us... Israel...

Grateful for a God...
willing to wrestle with brokenness...
get down and dirty...
in order to bless...

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