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Never Get Over It

By Paula

 

Saturday evening, my five-year-old sat on the edge of my bed and prayed that Jesus' death on the cross would count for her. Simple. Profound. Beautiful. 
 
Sunday, I asked her if she was still saved. She said yes, then she said, "You have to make sure it stays in your brain so you don't get over it."
 
So I don't settle into an attitude of comfortable entitlement.
 
So I don't get so clouded by the mundane you lose sight of the eternal.
 
So my joy isn't bled dry by daily frustrations.
 
So I don't forget how deeply, intensely, passionately loved I am.
 
Have we, have you, have I gotten over our salvation? 
 
Maybe we haven't made sure it stayed in our brain.

 

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What God Alone Could Do

By Paula

 

Nail in CrossGod loved us…
 
God loved me.
 
When I was far off.
 
Rebellious.
 
His enemy.
 
And it wasn't just lip service. He acted on that. He sent His only son to die.
 
I have an only son. (I have two daughters, too.) But I couldn't order my son's death.
 
Not for my enemies. Not for my friends, either. Not even for my other children. Not even if I knew he would come back to life.
 
But God … 
 
We hear every week that God loves us, that Jesus died for our sins. The familiarity with it shouldn't detract from the wonder, or from the reality. 
 
He did what He alone could do.   
 
 
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