Jeremiah 31: 18, “I have surely heard Ephraim grieving, Thou
hast chastised me, and I was chastised, like an untrained calf; Bring me back
that I may be restored, For Thou art the Lord my God.”
May be restored.
Sometimes our grief can so envelop us that we cannot see
clearly or discern the difference between chastisement or condemnation, both
towards ourselves and towards others. So the separation and the isolation build
brick walls around our hearts.
May be restored.
Scripture says chastise. A door open to forgiveness and
restoration and renewal. In God’s hands there is no sin that cannot be
forgiven. No sin that cannot be survived. In His hands and in His care and in
His mending ways.
May be restored.
Step by step sometimes in agonizing slowness. And yet the
grief can be unveiled and with each layer His presence brings clearer sight.
Clearer vision to begin again.
May be restored.
Soak this promise into each one of us, Lord, so that we will
always bring our tears and sins, and denials, into Your hands remembering that
You stand by us in truth, love, mercy, and forgiveness.
Your thoughts,
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