A sweet sister in Uganda wrote this...
"What the Bible does not mention, but what must be true is that years later, Lazarus still died. The people Jesus healed were inevitably sick again at some point in their lives. The people Jesus fed miraculously were hungry again a few days later. More important than the very obvious Might and Power shown by Jesus's miracles is His LOVE. He loved these people enough to genuinely care, to do everything in His power to make it better. He entered into their suffering and loved the right there. We aren't really called to save to the world, not even to save one person; Jesus has already done that. We are just called to love with abandon. With EVERYTHING we have. We are called to enter in to our neighbor's suffering and love them right there. Maybe I did NOTHING but allow Happy to struggle a few days longer. But I did love her, and she now has a spot in my heart that is forever changed.Today I am rejoicing in my sweet few days with Happy. I am rejoicing that one day I will see her again and I will be able to tell her how she changed my heart and taught me about Love."
I am in awe of the the Love of Jesus. Such deep, deep love that penetrates cultures and society, doctors and beggers. I am speechless right now, just trying to get my mind around His love. And that such Love lives in us. I feel so unworthy, so incapable. But, His love endures forever...making up for my weaknesses. And sweeping into all who want it. Lord, show me how to love like you.
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Wow. Both your friend in Uganda's words, complimented by yours, are amazing. Have you ever seen Shara Pradan, Heidi Baker's former assistant, talk about the baby she was praying for and holding, who died in her arms? This reminds me of it, because Shara saw His love in her (the baby).
This might sound funny, but I choked up watching Larry Randolph on GodTV yesterday speak about the "ponem" of God. That is the Hebrew word for "face" or "to go before". He talked about how Moses saw the burning bush, but "stepped aside to look at why the bush wasn't burning". He talked about how God is waiting to see if we will turn aside like Moses, go beyond the burning bush (signs, wonders, miracles, etc) to see the God behind it. And when Moses says "Isreal has seen my acts but not known my ways..." He was saying, "I want your ponem (face) to go before me".
Larry started weeping, along with me, as he said "I am pursuing the presence of God, to stand before Him, because all the other stuff is a bi-product of that—being face to face with God, I would be standing at the very epicenter of the supernatural". Messed me up.
Since your picnic text, God has been taking me on a journey of the Song of Solomon—"I am my beloved's and He is mine." So refreshing and so timely for me.
"I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love."
Thanks for your words, Maggie. Keep pressing into Him and keep writing about it because your words and experiences are life to many who read them.
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