![]() She had the strangest sensation of breathlessness, like after a long hike into high altitude just before cresting a mountain. ![]() “Life didn't come until Ezekiel spoke to the breath." A garden of death for a garden of life, where through His own resurrection Jesus returns all that was stolen.” To root you in a place where life can grow within you once more, freely and abundantly. "Where you're preoccupied with your failures and your fears and the desire to preserve all you might lose, God has a plan to preserve something else. Lucy's heart swelled as the long-dry soil soaked up this water. As it brushed over the harsh edges with water, watercolor blooms began to blend one into the other, filling her with understanding. The truth washed Lucy's heart with color. "Maybe what you thought was a closed gate meant to punish you is actually God's way of protecting you from remaining in a place where you won't and can't receive His life." ![]() "Are you circling a closed Eden, or have you chosen to step into Gethsemane, through the open gate?" Lucy hesitated, allowing the words to take effect. ![]() The sweet, exotic perfume floated deep into Lucy's heart-carrying Ms. The question echoed through Lucy, growing in power with each reverberation within her soul. ![]() “What if even then, God had plans for a second garden? Another tree, and another chance to reach out and accept the abundance of life? What if in Eden, God was planning Gethsemane?" ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |