NO EXIT
For man does not know his time. Like fish that are taken in
an evil net, and like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children
of man are snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.
Ecclesiastes 9:12 ESV
¶God,
what you truly offer, that pearl of great price, is not found in this
world alone, but in the world with you in it, not with an exit from the
world, but with your advent into it. Not even in you alone, but in the
wedding of the Bride, is fulfillment. We seek out you alone because You
seek out us alone. Not that we loved you, but that you first loved us.
THE POWER TO FORGIVE
But they conspired against him, and by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the Lord . Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, had shown him, but killed his son. And when he was dying, he said, "May the Lord see and avenge!" 2 Chronicles 24:21-22 ESV ¶Contrast Joash's response to that of Jesus, who, when He was reviled and crucified, asked God not to hold their sins against them. Which of the two of them had more of a right to seek vengeance? Which of the the two had more power to forgive? We can forgive when we know God is in control.
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