Yesterday's post on phrasing prompted others to share the phrases they hear:
Be patient
Speaking out of turn
Keep walking
Calm down
My friend, helping her brother through a particularly hard hospital event, was agonizing with God on next steps. She said she literally saw the word: PATIENCE.
I was reminded in yesterday's church service of a phrase I heard long ago. Our service began with a video testimony of a member's dark time: in the midst of a high-risk second pregnancy in which doctors suggested something may be quite wrong with her unborn daughter, she found out her husband was having an affair. Her "merry" faith that had been her prop could not make sense as she was shaken to the core. She was introduced to a deeper, more faithful God that carried her through to today's strengthened marriage and healthy nine-year-old daughter. We heard moving words on our images of God and ended with the story of the hymn, It Is Well With My Soul. It was a morning of being broken in the wisdom of God and I remembered my phrase from an experience long ago:
Melt your heart
If I could hope anything for your Monday, it would be this: that you would have a moment now to listen to the the story of the hymn and know that God may have a phrase for you that would soften the blows of life and renew and expand your image of who He is.
To a deep and truer week with God...
