Journey, an update from Rachelle Sperling 4-18-06
Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down...Since ancient times no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him. Isaiah 64:1a,4
This week as I reflected about the sacrifice of the cross I thought of all the years that passed after the exile from the garden spent waiting for redemption to arrive. I read about Simeon and Anna waiting in the temple to see God's promised redeemer. Imagine them, these two individuals symbolic of so many people, their very lives spent waiting, yearning to see the one who would bring forgiveness. And as I thought of the cross I was again awed by the sacrifice and the love of the Savior. How amazing that we have a God who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him! God, whose love is so personal and so deep that He gave His Son for our Redemption.
I also reflected on of Isaiah 65 where God says that He revealed himself to those who did not ask for him and was found by a people who did not seek
Him. And I thought about Hungary, a people who do not know Him, and of all those who do not seek Him. And I pray that even these people, who are not looking for Him, that they will find redemption in His name.
A friend sent me a CD and I've been listening to it over and over and contemplating the truths revealed. Most of you know that I God designed me to grasp truth in a deep way through music and allegory. The song that has been on my heart this week is by Caedmon's Call and it says, "Can you tell me the story, of all of your Glory, and your rising again. 'Cause I'm in love with the mystery, of how our sad history, can turn out for good."
A godly man once told me that when he is old and dying that he doesn't want people to tell him that everything will be ok, but he wants them to tell him the story of Jesus. This week it was so good to bask in the story of the Redeemer. To see the ugliness, the hatred, the rebellion, the perversions and the bitterness of man compared to the unfailing love of God. To see the love so deep, the mercy so rich and free, the grace that is greater than all my sin. "Can you tell me the story? I need to hear it again. I need to hear it again."
Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down...Since ancient times no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him. Isaiah 64:1a,4
This week as I reflected about the sacrifice of the cross I thought of all the years that passed after the exile from the garden spent waiting for redemption to arrive. I read about Simeon and Anna waiting in the temple to see God's promised redeemer. Imagine them, these two individuals symbolic of so many people, their very lives spent waiting, yearning to see the one who would bring forgiveness. And as I thought of the cross I was again awed by the sacrifice and the love of the Savior. How amazing that we have a God who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him! God, whose love is so personal and so deep that He gave His Son for our Redemption.
I also reflected on of Isaiah 65 where God says that He revealed himself to those who did not ask for him and was found by a people who did not seek
Him. And I thought about Hungary, a people who do not know Him, and of all those who do not seek Him. And I pray that even these people, who are not looking for Him, that they will find redemption in His name.
A friend sent me a CD and I've been listening to it over and over and contemplating the truths revealed. Most of you know that I God designed me to grasp truth in a deep way through music and allegory. The song that has been on my heart this week is by Caedmon's Call and it says, "Can you tell me the story, of all of your Glory, and your rising again. 'Cause I'm in love with the mystery, of how our sad history, can turn out for good."
A godly man once told me that when he is old and dying that he doesn't want people to tell him that everything will be ok, but he wants them to tell him the story of Jesus. This week it was so good to bask in the story of the Redeemer. To see the ugliness, the hatred, the rebellion, the perversions and the bitterness of man compared to the unfailing love of God. To see the love so deep, the mercy so rich and free, the grace that is greater than all my sin. "Can you tell me the story? I need to hear it again. I need to hear it again."
posted by Sojourner at 11:38 PM
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