Thursday, June 21, 2007
Strength of Brokeness
The Strength of Brokenness by Os Hillman
The bows of the warriors are broken, but those who stumbled are armed with strength. - 1 Samuel 2:4
There is an oxymoron throughout the Bible. It says that brokenness is strength. How can this be? How can brokenness be strength? In order to use men and women to their fullest extent, the Lord has to break His servants so that they might have a new kind of strength that is not human in origin. It is strength in spirit that is born only through brokenness.
Paul was broken on the Damascus road. Peter was broken after Jesus was taken prisoner. Jacob was broken at Peniel. David was broken after his sin with Bathsheba. The list could go on of those the Lord had to break in different ways before they could be used in the Kingdom.
When we are broken, we see the frailty of human strength and come to grips with the reality that we can do nothing in our own strength. Then, new strength emerges that God uses mightily. God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.
Do not fear brokenness, for it may be the missing ingredient to a life that emerges with a new kind of strength and experience not known before. Pray for a broken and contrite heart that God can bless.
Sunday, June 03, 2007
なぜ？
最近、僕の気持ちが悪いになりました。体が気がありませんでした。教会の生活もう大変になりました。どうしても分からないので教えてくれませんか？
なぜが仕事を大変になって、分からない。 前に、私が仕事から喜びをそんなに得た。神、どこに感が間違った？
心も悲しいになった。僕の道が暗いに。お願い、救って下さい。
言葉、約束に信じています．．．
神の愛に頼り．．．
神に待って．．．
Made Me Glad by Michael Neale
I will bless the Lord forever
I will trust Him at all times
He has delivered me from all fear
He has set my feet upon a rock
I will not be moved
And I'll say of the Lord
You are my shield, my strength
My portion, deliverer
My shelter, strong tower
My very present help in time of need
Whom have I in heaven but You
There's none I desire beside You
You have made me glad
And I'll say of the Lord
You are my shield, my strength
My portion, deliverer
My shelter, strong tower
My very present help in time of need
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