A Sublime Mercy, Part VI: Fairy Tale

Part VI: Read Part 1,Part 2, Part 3, Part IV, Part V first. You have been called from death to life, loved in the midst of your sin and darkness and blood. You have been invited to thrive, responding to his word like a healthy plant or flower of the field. You have...

A Sublime Mercy, Part V: Naked

Part V: Read Part 1,Part 2, Part 3, Part IV first. If you hear God in your blood, right there in the field, life happens. “I made you thrive like a plant in the field; and you grew, matured, and became very beautiful. Your breasts were formed, your hair grew, but you...

A Sublime Mercy, Part IV: The Question

Part Four: Read Part 1,Part 2, Part 3 first. How does it feel, lying there in your own blood, kicking and struggling, hearing God simply say, “Live!”  Does it seem inviting?  Impossible?  Does it even sound fair? If it doesn’t, then you haven’t heard it in your heart...

A Sublime Mercy, Part III: But God

Part Three: Read Part 1, Part 2 first But God. That’s how the story changes in the New Testament. We “were dead in our trespasses and sins… but God.”  That’s because he isn’t like the fallen humans in your life. He’s different in all the ways that matter....

A Sublime Mercy, Part II: Abandoned

Part Two: (Please read Part 1 first). “Thus says the Lord GOD to…” you. This is for you, so I’m going to write it that way. I know it’s for me too, and for the broken lady you always see at Starbucks at ten in the morning. But don’t squirm out of the grip of...