A HOPE-FILLED YEAR.....
The hedge bordering the arable field opposite our house was cut recently. Suddenly the panorama from the window, already beautiful & appreciated, was greatly enhanced. It wasn’t that the hedge was neglected, overgrown and unsightly, just that a year’s growth had sprouted, reducing our vision.
So it is in the kingdom. Sometimes the daily stuff of life, irritations, frustrations or grumbles sprout & grow, and we don’t realise they are obscuring our outlook, because the general view is still good.
All it takes is a little pruning: recognition & confession of sin; forgiving & being forgiven; placing frustrations at the foot of the cross, choosing to believe that all things work for our good; rejoicing in all circumstances.....
It’s amazing what difference a little pruning makes to the view!
So it is in the kingdom. Sometimes the daily stuff of life, irritations, frustrations or grumbles sprout & grow, and we don’t realise they are obscuring our outlook, because the general view is still good.
All it takes is a little pruning: recognition & confession of sin; forgiving & being forgiven; placing frustrations at the foot of the cross, choosing to believe that all things work for our good; rejoicing in all circumstances.....
It’s amazing what difference a little pruning makes to the view!
Forgive as the Lord forgave you.....
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts....
And be thankful.
[Colossians3:15]
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts....
And be thankful.
[Colossians3:15]
What's obscuring your outlook?
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