For the past few weeks in Europe the big news surrounding the soccer world has involved the sad story of Chelsea and England captain John Terry, who was found having a relationship with another man’s girlfriend. What complicates an already ugly scenario is the fact that the other man whose girlfriend John Terry slept with, has a child by this other man, and the other man was a teammate, both on Chelsea and England’s National Team.
Continued from April 14
Let me now broaden the net of Christ’s influence to include everything about Him in addition to the cross in a second example of how knowing Christ more fully changes you;
“There is always more to see in what we see.”
Earlier I asked you to ask the question, “how can knowing this, what happened at the cross, more deeply, change me?”
Hence the refrain from an old hymn, “What wondrous love is this O my soul, O my soul? “There is more to see here.
When you hear a poor sermon on the sufferings and eventual crucifixion of Christ, the focus will be on the pain and suffering Jesus endured from the physical woundings; the scourging, the crown of thorns and the spikes that were driven into His body. But is that the extent of His sufferings? No, that is only “seeing men that look like trees walking.”
You’ll notice that the blind man was not fully content with the shadowy, deficient view he received from Jesus’ first intervention. He did not say, “Thank you Jesus, those walking trees are good enough for me. At least I can now see something.”
In the dedication section of a book I have at home, Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ, John Piper wrote, “To the memory of C.S Lewis and Clyde Kilby, who taught me there is always more to see in what I see.”
Whether a marriage is in a sickly state or strong, and growing stronger, one question remains the same; is it possible that your marriage, through the great power and mercy of God, combined with your best labors, can be better than it is right now?
(Continued from July 19)
Come to terms with the idea that we have capacities for joy and satisfaction in God that are enormous and cannot be satisfied by the American dream of
(Continued from July 17)
David goes on to describe what the sun is like, using as a metaphor a bridegroom and a champion runner in verse 5.