“When my way seems too hard, Lord, it really isn’t. You are with me. When my load feels too heavy, it’s not. You carry it. When my heart feels like it’s breaking into pieces, it isn’t. You are molding me. When I feel overwhelmed by the pressures of life, I’m really not. I’m at rest in you. You keep me in perfect peace when I trust in you, when all of my thoughts are fixed upon you. Letting go of who I have always believed myself to be, I reach for who you have created me to be. Starved for lasting joy and peace, I’m now ready to reach for the life and purpose you have chosen for me. Moving to the edge of what I have never had the courage to allow, I launch into the depths of what has been my uncertainty. One breath and one moment at a time, you form me, you fire me, and you fill me.”

Monday, April 2, 2018

Excerpt from Form Me, Fire Me, Fill Me


Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn others, or it will all come back against you. Forgive others, and you will be forgiven.
—Luke 6:37 (NLT)

In Luke 6:37 Jesus explains that, if we don’t judge, we won’t be judged. If we don’t condemn, we won’t be condemned. If we forgive, we will be forgiven. Isn’t the inability to forgive really judgment of that person? Our pain doesn’t give a license to judge that person. It doesn’t give the right to allow anger and hate to consume our hearts. In fact, Jesus explains that we are to “be merciful, just as your Father is merciful” (Luke 6:36 NIV). We are to love those who hurt us. We are to extend grace. We can’t harbor bitterness. It will only breed more hurt and devastation within us. We forgive without expecting anything in return. Those we forgive may not receive our forgiveness, but we are to be merciful anyway. Just as Jesus forgives us, we forgive others.

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