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Thursday, September 13, 2018

Love Closer

The faithfulness of God is indeed a two-edged sword.

When you fall, His mercy is the Way back, but there
are consequences that are meant to be the incentive
to pursue the Way.

So, say, I allow words to be spoken by my tongue, or not spoken,
when words should have been spoken... basically, my tongue
gets ruled by self and not the Way.

To protect me from the repercussions of those actions, would
appear to be mercy, but what if real mercy is letting me see
and live with the horrible results of the failure as a reminder
to stay in the place of abiding, and be under the control of
the Way.

Love Closer.  Love that will not let there be any distance,
between the action and the consequences, because the longer
the consequences take to arrive the more disconnected they
are from the events that caused them.  So true mercy allows
the consequences to descend rapidly and stay around for a long
time, because true mercy is looking for true repentance and
true change.

This is only good news, if the glory of God is the ultimate goal.

Isaiah 2:17 "So human pride will be brought low,
and the loftiness of men will be humbled;
the Lord alone will be exalted on that day."

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdzIxVQ29oU

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