how the light gets in

Tag: Matthew 28:66

• CHRISTMAS – Day 25

  Posted at 2:09 pm by How the Light Gets In, on December 25, 2019

  Merry Christmas

  You did it. WE did it! Hooray for us! 24 days of reading God’s word. 24 days of devoting a little time to learning God’s voice. I’m so proud of you and me!

  Take a moment to scroll all the way back to Day One. Grab a piece of paper and a pencil and jot down the websites, books, Instagram accounts, Music, Photography, Email subscriptions, Apps, Artists, Podcasts, Places, People, Recipes.

  Then, take note of what struck you most – was it the beauty, the pain, the encouragement, the community?

  Finally, we should list all the scripture from the posts. The Bible still blows my mind with all those words written so long ago and somehow still very alive and so powerful.

  You know what ALLLLL this tells me?

  GOD

  WILL

  STOP

  AT

  NOTHING.

  God will stop at nothing to get YOUR attention.

  These 24 days have just been a glimpse of how relentless God is trying to grab your attention.

  Christmas gives us the sweetest example of this. Immanuel is God with us.

  Jesus IS God with us.

  But wait, the story doesn’t end here. There’s Good News! Jesus wasn’t just born, end of story. Jesus lived a life full of friendship and story telling and healing and teaching and loving. There’s more to learn. Jesus didn’t just live for you and me. He also died for you and me.

  Today we celebrate His birth but there’s so much more.

  And hey, if you’re reading this you’re alive too which means God’s not done with you. Your story with Him might just be beginning. Or maybe you go way back. Either way, keep walking with Jesus. Read His Word. Learn His voice. Look for Him.

  Remember how we started this journey with Gods word as a “lamp for our feet”? Today let’s celebrate because the light is here. Jesus – God with us – is here “to guide our feet into the path of peace.” (Luke 1:79)

  Thank you for being with me this Advent. You have made it so special for me.

  One last song Reckless Love

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• But God…

  Posted at 10:36 pm by How the Light Gets In, on March 31, 2018

  The walls around my heart should be thick and tall.

  The walls of my heart should have dark bricks of bitterness.

  And honestly, the walls of my heart have been high and they have been thick.

  My body & my heart have been through so much more.

  Life doesn’t make sense.  I remember spending a lot of time demanding the answers, researching the possibilities, crying over my “WHY’s.”

  My life story has more than one chapter of sad stuff.  I’m sure yours does too.  Do you have the chapters tucked away? Or is your hard chapter being written now?

  Life doesn’t make sense.  Life straight up sucks sometimes.  It just does.

  You need to know God’s love for you is just waiting on the other side of that wall.

  You are on this journey with me.

  And a big part of this chapter is marking these moments of HEY, GOD IS LEGIT so we can celebrate & grow in this together.  Because, honestly, when the hard comes at me, I still grab a brick and start building.

  But God.

  But God.

  But God.

  He just keeps dropping bits of heaven into my day, kicking that wall down.

  WHAT IS THE BIGGEST BRICK IN YOUR LIFE NOW?  What or who does it look like?  How does it make you feel?  How heavy is it?  It would take a lot, something pretty powerful to knock that down, right?  Mine too.

  Jesus had a brick, in fact, it was a large stone.  “Make the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard.” Matthew 28:66

  Does it feel like your brick is huge, and bitterness may have sealed it up, with worry standing guard?

  This Easter, light and love are waiting to bust through your wall.  Do not doubt the power of Jesus’ love for you.  After all, that huge stone “holding Jesus in his tomb…” yeah, that just rolled away blowing everyone’s minds.  Let him blow yours away.

  Happy Easter!

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