Fr, 09/05/14, "Day of Praise"
"Heal me, LORD, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you
are the one I praise." - Jeremiah 17:14
When there's a storm outside, it awakens me before usual.
The thunder's so great that it rips the sky and rocks the house. The lightning's so great, it's like day.
"Save me, O LORD, and I'll be saved." (Jeremiah 17:14)
It is true.
The wonder of a storm
in the dark night sky
reminds me of a storm
in days gone by.
I was short and fat, a sixth-grade pleaser. He was tough and mean, to be feared.
It was outside the school, before the day even started. He wanted a chump for his breakfast.
This had happened before. I was his punching bag. But God (I think)
whispered, "Not today."
It lasted one punch. My knuckle was bleeding. But it brought an end to that
storm. Forever.
"Save me, O LORD, and I'll be saved." (Jeremiah 17:14)
There was a storm inside.
It awakened something within me.
The world around me was falling apart.
The thunder was so great that it ripped all I loved. The lightning so great, it brought pain.
"Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed, for you are the one I praise."
(Jeremiah 17:14)
God said (I know), as he spoke to my heart, trust me, I will carry you
through.
By His grace, and the comfort of the Comforter Holy Spirit, and the kindness
of many friends, the promise of God proved true.
Some of you, I know, have a storm in your day, but fear not, God's promise is true.
He will be with your child or your friend or your self. Mighty God will be guiding the way.
You need only believe
that God's promise is true.
In Christ, to be sure,
he died for you.
But even long before Jesus came and took on mortal flesh, God spoke through a prophet into a storm.
Your storm.
"Heal me, LORD, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you
are the one I praise." - Jeremiah 17:14
Praise God!
Pastor Chris
"The gospel is the story of Jesus [what God's only Son has done for us that we can't do for ourselves], spoken as a promise." - Robert Jenson
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