It’s all very well to read about sorrows and imagine yourself living through them heroically,
but it’s not so nice when you really come to have them, is it?
~~ Lucy Maud Montgomery
This morning’s prayer and meditation for Sally’s healing comes from Take Heart, Oh God: Riches from the Greatest Christian Women Writers of All Time.
There comes a time for each of us when life calls our bluff. We can easily parrot the promises we know from Scripture—that God won’t give us something we can’t handle, that he will work all things together for good, that our faith grows best in the times of testing. Then suddenly we are bowled over by a betrayal that we never saw coming, a tragedy that takes our breath away, a sorrow that won’t let go. All that we have imagined of our strong and heroic faith under fire evaporates. We find that trust is hard work indeed. Sadly, we often fail to live up to our own ideals, which is why we need someone else who can bridge the gap between who we are and who we long to be. Someone to live his life through us.
That someone is Jesus. He will live heroically through you.
Prayer for Meditation
Live through me in this difficult time, Lord. You are my hero.
Scripture for Meditation
I myself no longer live, but Christ lives in me. So I live my life in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20
Music for Meditation
I’ll Live For You
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