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04 maggio Reckless Raging Fury This week has been a challenging one. We had a friend in difficulty, and were powerless to know how to help. It was pretty scary, and reminded me again of just how much of life we don't have control over. So much that we need to trust to God, and pray that he will work.
Another theme that came out this week was the whole idea that God is not required to make us happy or comfortable. He wants us to stay close to Him, and will do whatever it takes to drive us back to Himself. That is not a new concept, but it hits with new force when facing a life-death struggle. (Thankfully this turned out not to be, but we didn't know that initially.)
Sometimes, He seems conspicuously absent in the midst of our messes, but it is faith that gets us through, and the knowledge that ultimately He is good, and intends good. But he is so wholly OTHER, so different and beyond us, and beyond our understanding. He is really quite terrifying when we add up what we really know. It reminds me of a Rich Mullins song - the words actually speak for themselves.
There's a wideness in God's mercy
I cannot find in my own And He keeps His fire burning To melt this heart of stone Keeps me aching with a yearning Keeps me glad to have been caught In the reckless raging fury That they call the love of God Now I've seen no band of angels But I've heard the soldiers' songs Love hangs over them like a banner Love within them leads them on To the battle on the journey And it's never gonna stop Ever widening their mercies And the fury of His love Oh the love of God And oh, the love of God The love of God Joy and sorrow are this ocean And in their every ebb and flow Now the Lord a door has opened That all Hell could never close Here I'm tested and made worthy Tossed about but lifted up In the reckless raging fury That they call the love of God |
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