We have this treasure in earthen vessels 2 Corinthians 4:7 (NKJV)
Earthen Vessels – Digital Sabbath Series – Part 3
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**WE INTERRUPT THE LOVE SERIES FOR A DIGITAL SABBATH**
Yep, we’re still doing it.
We’re practicing a digital Sabbath on the weekends, which means that today in our house, right this very minute, the phones are off, and our computers are cold. We’d love for you to join us, even if just for a while, by turning off all your electronics and giving one day a week to being uninterrupted by devices and focused on your loved ones. The Ancient Hebrews practiced Sabbath-keeping to remind them that subduing the earth, while considered a victory, could turn on them and become a defeat. When work consumes you, you lose sight of that which is most important: being. They practiced the Sabbath; ‘to rest as if all your work is done, even if it isn’t.'
And that's what we’re doing today. What are you up to?
If you find yourself here on our blog, ready to read, check over any other devotions you may have missed this week. Or take a moment to think about a problem or an event that's been on your mind. Or, pray for the person that you can’t stop thinking about.
I was really challenged while writing about relationships for last week's devotions. It brought up all kinds of baggage I have in my heart… argh. And it reminded me of all kinds of joys, too. I’ve felt all the feels! Ha!
Glennon Doyle Melton (from Momastry) says:
“Life is brutal. But it’s also beautiful. Brutiful, I call it. Life’s brutal and beautiful are woven together so tightly that they can’t be separated. Reject the brutal, reject the beauty. So now I embrace both, and I live well and hard and real.“
Embrace both. Embrace grace. Work for peace.
With all the horrific things happening around the world, and sometimes, in our own back yards, the best thing we can do is embrace the joy and the pain of it with all the kindness, courage and solidarity that we can muster.
The world isn’t going to get better when we all figure out how to be perfect. The world will only get better as we start to hold to each other, and the Divine, more tightly and truly.
Pray for each other. Love each other. We all have this treasure in earthen vessels… (2 Cor 4:7).
Much love, Lizzy (and Jesse).
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So HOW do you know you’re not alone?
From a child I watched my mom get beaten by my father, I lost my great grandmother to cancer, I ended up in copestone for two weeks trying to kill my self.
I want to know how I need to get back with God.
I got saved June 11th 2010.
But why would God let his sheep get taken by the wolf?
Hey Nicole! Ephesians speaks of God being “over all, through all and in all”. So the notion of getting back to Him is a crazy one being that there is no “getting back” to be done. It’s a simple acknowledgement that he never left nor never leaves BUT that we switch our recognition of knowing he is present. Dualistic teaching like “in and out” or “right and wrong” or “good or bad” make us feel like God is no longer near us but how can he when even the Psalms say “If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.” Our trouble in this age is to shed the dualistic God-thoughts and be present and aware that the Divine is in fact here.