Homeless on the streets of ChicagoBitterness
by Max Lucado
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Black and cold, bitterness denies easy escape. The sides are slippery with resentment. A floor of muddy anger stills the feet. The stench of betrayal fills the air ans stings the eyes. A cloud of self-pity blocks the view of the tiny exit above.
Step in and look at the prisoners. victims are chained to the walls. Victims of betrayal. victims of abuse. Victims of the government, the system, the military, the world. They life their chains as they life their voices and wail. Loud and long they wail.
They grumble. They're angry at others who got what they didn't.
They sulk. The world is against them . . . .
You can choose, like many, to chain yourself to your hurt.
Or you can choose, like some, to put your hurts before they become hates. You can choose, to go the the party. You have a place there. You NAME is beside a plate. If you are a child of God, no one can take away your sonship.
Which is precisely what the father said the the older son. "Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yous . . . ."
And that is precisely what the Father says to you. How does God deal with your bitter heart? He reminds you that what you have is more important than what you don't have. You still have your relationship with God. No one can touch it.
Black and cold, bitterness denies easy escape. The sides are slippery with resentment. A floor of muddy anger stills the feet. The stench of betrayal fills the air ans stings the eyes. A cloud of self-pity blocks the view of the tiny exit above.
Step in and look at the prisoners. victims are chained to the walls. Victims of betrayal. victims of abuse. Victims of the government, the system, the military, the world. They life their chains as they life their voices and wail. Loud and long they wail.
They grumble. They're angry at others who got what they didn't.
They sulk. The world is against them . . . .
You can choose, like many, to chain yourself to your hurt.
Or you can choose, like some, to put your hurts before they become hates. You can choose, to go the the party. You have a place there. You NAME is beside a plate. If you are a child of God, no one can take away your sonship.
Which is precisely what the father said the the older son. "Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yous . . . ."
And that is precisely what the Father says to you. How does God deal with your bitter heart? He reminds you that what you have is more important than what you don't have. You still have your relationship with God. No one can touch it.
BROOKLYN TABERNACLE CHOIR - I Never Lost My Praise
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"Three times I begged the Lord to make this suffering go away. But He replied "My kindness is all you need. My power is strongest when you are weak." 2 Corinthians 12:8-9
"This poor soul cried, and was heard by the Lord, and was saved from every trouble." Psalm 34:6
"When I pray, coincidences happen, and when I do not, they don't." William Temple
"This poor soul cried, and was heard by the Lord, and was saved from every trouble." Psalm 34:6
"When I pray, coincidences happen, and when I do not, they don't." William Temple
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