December 2011
2 posts
Gift of gifts
“O Source of all Good,
What shall I render to You for the Gift of gifts,
Your own dear Son, begotten, not created,
my Redeemer, Proxy, Surety, Substitute,
His self-emptying incomprehensible,
His infinity of love beyond the heart’s grasp.
Herein is wonder of wonders:
He came below to raise me above,
He was born like me that I might become like Him.
Herein is love;
when I...
"One of the great tragedies in life...
… is historically that the Bible gets interpreted by people who are not in love…When I read this, it’s a thing of beauty, but I realize that for most people it’s an imprisonment. It’s a set of scriptures that are restricting and binding because they’re not held in the context of this One who is so wild about us, so extreme in His love for us. It’s so easy...