You rekindled me, Jesus. I am whole today. Yesterday, I was a shattered mess. So much attack against me, I fell to tears and fears ! I turned to the Word and read aloud and prayed and listened to teachers and VOILA'... today I am rebuilt in You. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNRIVALED POWER TO DO JUST THAT FOR ME ! No Word, NO touch, NO understanding but YOURS alone can rebuild me from the heap I fall to. Dust and ashes..... ashes and dust..... altar rabble.... dreck ! You take it into Your able Hands and breathe new life into the very fiber of my spirit with the smallest of breaths and I am resuscitated into JOY.
You ARE
THE KING
OF ME !!!!!
Holy Holy Holy, LORD GOD ALMIGHTY !!! GOD in 3 persons.... BLESSED TRINITY !!!!
THE KING
OF ME !!!!!
Holy Holy Holy, LORD GOD ALMIGHTY !!! GOD in 3 persons.... BLESSED TRINITY !!!!
Originally Posted by Thomas a' Kempis c.1380-1471
--- The Eighth Chapter ---
SELF-ABASEMENT IN THE SIGHT OF GOD
THE DISCIPLE
SELF-ABASEMENT IN THE SIGHT OF GOD
THE DISCIPLE
I WILL speak to my Lord, I who am but dust and ashes. If I consider myself anything more than this, behold You stand against me, and my sins bear witness to the truth which I cannot contradict. If I abase myself, however, if I humble myself to nothingness, if I shrink from all self-esteem and account myself as the dust which I am, Your grace will favor me, Your light will enshroud my heart, and all self-esteem, no matter how little, will sink in the depths of my nothingness to perish forever.
It is there You show me to myself -- what I am, what I have been, and what I am coming to; for I am nothing and I did not know it. Left to myself, I am nothing but total weakness. But if You look upon me for an instant, I am at once made strong and filled with new joy. Great wonder it is that I, who of my own weight always sink to the depths, am so suddenly lifted up, and so graciously embraced by You.
It is there You show me to myself -- what I am, what I have been, and what I am coming to; for I am nothing and I did not know it. Left to myself, I am nothing but total weakness. But if You look upon me for an instant, I am at once made strong and filled with new joy. Great wonder it is that I, who of my own weight always sink to the depths, am so suddenly lifted up, and so graciously embraced by You.
Born to Die
Bow'nDown
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]to bow down, prostrate oneself before superior in[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]homage; before God in worship;...[/FONT]
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~~---->>> Love; from above and within, Shachah <<<----~~
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]to bow down, prostrate oneself before superior in[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]homage; before God in worship;...[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica]You're sons of Light, daughters of Day. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica]We live under wide open skies and know where we stand. [FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica]So let's not sleepwalk through life ...[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica]Since we're creatures of Day, let's act like it.
[FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica]Walk out into the daylight sober, dressed up in [FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica]faith, love, and the hope of salvation.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica]1 THESSALONIANS 5:5...8 [/FONT]
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