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| ¡°Jesus answered and said to him, 'If anyone loves me, he will keep my word; and my Father will love him and We will come to him and make our home with him.¡± ( John 14:23 , NIV ) |
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I had fought hard to hang on to my anger against God. After a stressful senior year in high school, ending with the sudden death of my cousin, I was angry at God. I still showed up at church, but inside I was furious.
Over a year and a half later, I was softening. At a weekend retreat, late at night, I climbed a small hill and sat by a tree overlooking a dark ravine. The voices of my friends singing hymns floated up to me from the lodge. I had made the decision to talk to God for the first time in a long time and this was the spot I¡¯d chosen.
I began my prayer with routine phrases, ¡°Dear Father, thank you for this day. Thank you for blessings . . .¡± I stopped, suddenly strongly aware of someone listening. My eyes strained to see who could be there. And then I understood.
God was near . . . listening intently. I finally understood that God had never moved away from me. I had moved away from Him and He had been waiting for me to turn back to Him. He wanted me to speak to Him. So I did. I poured out everything in my heart - the sorrow, the anger, the regret. Peace filled the spaces where the anger had been. |
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Dear Father, help us always remember how much You love us and remind us to trust Your love most when we face trials and sorrows. Teach our hearts to yearn for Your presence at all times. In Jesus¡¯name. Amen. - PAM BAGGOTT, Watkinsville, Georgia |
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