While it may sound polite to suggest otherwise, we are, in fact, defined by the past. The question is, are we seeing the past in full color? The Easter season baptizes the stories we might be tempted to write for ourselves. It puts them to death and in their place … redemption.
On a bad day, I “GAZE” at my life’s rearview mirror and “GLANCE” at the windshield. Then I get into studying the Scriptures, and the rearview mirror can steal my “GLANCE” for a moment and the Word of God puts my “GAZE” at the windshield of my life, what is ahead, the Second Coming of our Lord, the Messiah.
No guilt, no shame, just “LOVE beareth all things,…” 1 Corinthians 13:7
And as Ronnie Morris sings the song,
“Our sins are many, His mercy is more,”
it energizes me with a surge of butterflies 🦋 in my stomach & higher heartbeat.
Thank you Prof.,
What an inspiring & convicting message.
On a bad day, I “GAZE” at my life’s rearview mirror and “GLANCE” at the windshield. Then I get into studying the Scriptures, and the rearview mirror can steal my “GLANCE” for a moment and the Word of God puts my “GAZE” at the windshield of my life, what is ahead, the Second Coming of our Lord, the Messiah.
No guilt, no shame, just “LOVE beareth all things,…” 1 Corinthians 13:7
And as Ronnie Morris sings the song,
“Our sins are many, His mercy is more,”
it energizes me with a surge of butterflies 🦋 in my stomach & higher heartbeat.
“…He is risen, He is with us always…”
Matthew 28
And Jesus is coming back!
Have a blessed Easter,
fred Afshar
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