Seth Barnes
I'm motivated to join God in his global reclamation project. He's on the move, setting his sons and daughters free from their places of captivity. And he's partnering with those of us who have been freed to go and free others.
I'm motivated to join God in his global reclamation project. He's on the move, setting his sons and daughters free from their places of captivity. And he's partnering with those of us who have been freed to go and free others.
This is a good torch on the shadowy place of hurt and suffering and how that shapes and forms us. A good question to ask your tribe is “Can you spiritually mature in the absence of suffering?” I did that at one of our parties and the ensuing argument said it all. Henri Nowen’s book “The Wounded Healer” is a must read for every follower of Jesus. We minister from our brokeness and there are times when the Living God leaves a splinter in us to have a physical reminder of what we have been saved from and the many who quietly suffer. I’d rather walk with a limp in the steps of the Master than in full stride but in the wrong direction.
Thanks for the song. I’m humming it right now.
Great song. Isn’t this so true? Today I happened to post the second half of my favorite passage of scripture from Ps 71. Seems fitting…
Your righteousness reaches to the skies, O God, you who have done great things. Who, O God, is like you? Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up. You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.
Grieve, cry, feel what hurts. It has been healing for me to let Jesus tell me where He was and what He was doing during all my most painful times…He was there, of course. Every moment.
There is a Friend who sticks closer than a brother…