Dry Bones
She fought and struggled to feel that she was valuable property, but she knew her heart was scarred. She had been down the road many times before, she knew what empty felt like. "I don't want to be the one damaged this time." Her fears wage within her "I have been through this before." She wants to forgive, she wonders if she can.
He knew rejection like an old friend, he saw it everyday since his parents had separated. The same love that drew him to his parents also pushed him away. So he went away, trying to find a place to belong, he too wondered what it felt like to be valued. He never thought he would ever be able to love anyone. "I hate them," He says in his mind, "But I love them." He wants to move on, and wonders if he can ever have a meaningful relationship.
Her struggle pushed ahead past a string of broken relationships, she doesn't want to get too close because she knows the closer she gets the more it hurts.
His struggle brought him to an empty life. Nothing meaningful because that would only end up in failure anyway, all that had ever been meaningful was at war. Somehow he was caught in the cross fire.
She found emptiness, he found apathy.
Two people broken, and still breaking.
Then they remembered a story from long ago. People fellowshipping with their creator. Their selfishness had scarred their hearts and the relationship had been broken, by their sin. God loved them, and designed a way for their hearts to be mended. In spite of his great Love, they turned their backs on what he had done and they continued to settle for less than God ever intended for them. God knew the sacrifice would be great but he was willing & God came down to mend the hearts of men. Showing the world true love and forgiveness and fellowship through his son. The hearts of man were evil and in their quest for their own lust of power, they killed the son of God. This was the ultimate price paid so that the world could have everything God had ever wanted for them. Many rejected but many received. Reconciliation must be God's favorite story, for it is the story of the cross. An epic of grace and love that brings man to God and draws one to another.
This story forgives the abuser, mends the brokenness, and fills the emptiness, destroys the apathy.
She can't see her value, but her God can.
He can't mend broken relationships, but his God can.
The God that had given it all, gave it for them. Two broken people, being put back together how Their creator had originally intended them to be.
Ezekiel 36 & 37
He knew rejection like an old friend, he saw it everyday since his parents had separated. The same love that drew him to his parents also pushed him away. So he went away, trying to find a place to belong, he too wondered what it felt like to be valued. He never thought he would ever be able to love anyone. "I hate them," He says in his mind, "But I love them." He wants to move on, and wonders if he can ever have a meaningful relationship.
Her struggle pushed ahead past a string of broken relationships, she doesn't want to get too close because she knows the closer she gets the more it hurts.
His struggle brought him to an empty life. Nothing meaningful because that would only end up in failure anyway, all that had ever been meaningful was at war. Somehow he was caught in the cross fire.
She found emptiness, he found apathy.
Two people broken, and still breaking.
Then they remembered a story from long ago. People fellowshipping with their creator. Their selfishness had scarred their hearts and the relationship had been broken, by their sin. God loved them, and designed a way for their hearts to be mended. In spite of his great Love, they turned their backs on what he had done and they continued to settle for less than God ever intended for them. God knew the sacrifice would be great but he was willing & God came down to mend the hearts of men. Showing the world true love and forgiveness and fellowship through his son. The hearts of man were evil and in their quest for their own lust of power, they killed the son of God. This was the ultimate price paid so that the world could have everything God had ever wanted for them. Many rejected but many received. Reconciliation must be God's favorite story, for it is the story of the cross. An epic of grace and love that brings man to God and draws one to another.
This story forgives the abuser, mends the brokenness, and fills the emptiness, destroys the apathy.
She can't see her value, but her God can.
He can't mend broken relationships, but his God can.
The God that had given it all, gave it for them. Two broken people, being put back together how Their creator had originally intended them to be.
Ezekiel 36 & 37
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