We move into the future
not with a map, a plan , or a clear structure,
but with the whisper of a story that reminds us
we will again see the goodness of God in the land of the living . . .
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The whisper is the voice of God's Spirit
reminding us of the cross and our individual moments of exodus . . .
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The whisper is also
our own voice that mimics the Spirit by
calling our memories to the stage and seeing the themes of redemption time and time again in our lives . . .
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God reminds us, we replay the stories, and then we move into the future with the confidence that God is good.
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FURTHER THOUGHTS FOR REFLECTION:
To remember the future is to dream -- to imagine redemption won in the wake of innocence lost. It is the surrender to our insatiable impulse to see the broken pieces of our past cemented together into a stronger whole than existed before our innocence was shattered.
By Dr. Dan B. Allender, Ph.D., THE HEALING PATH, Chapter 8 - The Dream of Hope [WaterBrook Press]
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