Oct. 15, 2010
DEVOTION: Inching toward the light...
By Beth Bondurant
Anyone watching the news saw the amazing rescue of the trapped miners in Chile. All 33 were safely brought out after 69 days of captivity... 2,050 feet down in the depths of the earth.
Numerous stories are being told of how these men survived and how others spent tireless days and nights planning how best to bring them home to loved ones and a prayerfully waiting community.
"Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from God's presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there."
We cannot totally relate to this near death experience... but we truly celebrated as each miner inched their way toward the light of day.
In their own words... we hear doubt and faith; hope and despair; strength and weakness; one body with many parts; singing and silence; laughing and crying; holding on and letting go.. it will be a never ending ambiguous factor in each and every new day.
"God, investigate my life; get all the facts firsthand. I'm an open book to you; even from a distance, you know what I'm thinking. You know when I leave and when I get back; I'm never out of your sight. You know everything I'm going to say before I start the first sentence. I look behind me and you're there, then up ahead and you're there, too— your reassuring presence, coming and going. This is too much, too wonderful— I can't take it all in!"
O God... I am so often weak and blinded by the light of day. In the stillness of the darkness, teach me to love... to forgive... to accept... to reach out... to laugh... to cry... to hope... to share... to help... to touch.. to care. I need your kindness and goodness to nourish and heal my heart. Allow me to stand close to you and rely on your wisdom and power to lift me out of my darkness and into the light. THANK YOU for always being with me and never leaving me in total blackness... even when I feel completely abandoned. THANK YOU for changes and chances that come new every morning. Help my mind grasp the joy of possibility in each fresh moment of life. THANK YOU for your guidance and wisdom made visually inspiring ... in written assurance... in joint celebration both in darkness and in the light of day. I want to be patient and trust in you ... and believe that love prevails ... even in the agony of inching toward the light.
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DEVOTION: Inching toward the light...
By Beth Bondurant
Anyone watching the news saw the amazing rescue of the trapped miners in Chile. All 33 were safely brought out after 69 days of captivity... 2,050 feet down in the depths of the earth.
Numerous stories are being told of how these men survived and how others spent tireless days and nights planning how best to bring them home to loved ones and a prayerfully waiting community.
"Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from God's presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there."
We cannot totally relate to this near death experience... but we truly celebrated as each miner inched their way toward the light of day.
In their own words... we hear doubt and faith; hope and despair; strength and weakness; one body with many parts; singing and silence; laughing and crying; holding on and letting go.. it will be a never ending ambiguous factor in each and every new day.
"God, investigate my life; get all the facts firsthand. I'm an open book to you; even from a distance, you know what I'm thinking. You know when I leave and when I get back; I'm never out of your sight. You know everything I'm going to say before I start the first sentence. I look behind me and you're there, then up ahead and you're there, too— your reassuring presence, coming and going. This is too much, too wonderful— I can't take it all in!"
O God... I am so often weak and blinded by the light of day. In the stillness of the darkness, teach me to love... to forgive... to accept... to reach out... to laugh... to cry... to hope... to share... to help... to touch.. to care. I need your kindness and goodness to nourish and heal my heart. Allow me to stand close to you and rely on your wisdom and power to lift me out of my darkness and into the light. THANK YOU for always being with me and never leaving me in total blackness... even when I feel completely abandoned. THANK YOU for changes and chances that come new every morning. Help my mind grasp the joy of possibility in each fresh moment of life. THANK YOU for your guidance and wisdom made visually inspiring ... in written assurance... in joint celebration both in darkness and in the light of day. I want to be patient and trust in you ... and believe that love prevails ... even in the agony of inching toward the light.
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