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Broken and Remolded

“I don’t know how to surrender.”

“I have surrendered myself to the Lord but still…”

“I tried to surrender but it didn’t work.”

“If I surrender…”

Just a small taste of what can go through the thoughts of a person who wants a stronger relationship with the Lord but has not been able to experience the relationship that they want.

“That they want!?”

Here is the key that causes failure ...

In the Belly of the Beast
In nineteen ninety-three or two
I had a vision which I'd like to share with you -
It was so clear; as bright as day
Etched deep into my mind to stay.

I found myself in a cathedral
Old and certainly ancestral,
Very clean; in good repair
But without trappings anywhere.

All by myself in a large room
Surrounded by gray walls and gloom;
Ancient, eerie, cold and dark
Uninhabited

...

Lords of the Night
As the sun sinks behind buildings and meadows;
When darkness moves in and the lesser lights rule -
Lone figures scurry and slink in the shadows
Mangy and starving they search, sniff and drool.

During the day they rest and they slumber
Seeking a spot in the sun or the shade;
Once it is dark and the sun has gone under

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Righteousness is not looking down on others, it is looking up to God.

God has reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, who knew no sin, by becoming sin for us. By receiving the atoning work of his sacrifice, we become the righteousness of God, having been made pure and thus able to stand in the presense of a Holy God.

Yesterday I was being lazy really and not doing much but posting on the board and as the morning was going along I kept getting this urge that I needed to spend time with God. I needed to go into meditation. So finally about 11:30 I did. I always start out imaging myself going up into the floor of Heaven like a bubble rising up and sometimes I say, I am hear Lord. Its like going into a completely different world and everyone is already busy doing what they do and I am coming in for a visit. ...