Day 26

 "Will anyone rob God?

Yet you are robbing me!

But you say,

'How are we robbing you?'

In your tithes and offerings!

Bring the full tithe into the storehouse,

and thus put me to the test;

see if I will not open the windows of heaven for you

and pour down for you an overflowing blessing,"

Malachi 3:8-10 (adapted from NRSV)

The gavel has come down and I am guilty

My words and actions don't line up

I say--

"I trust You God"

"You are my faithful Promise Keeper"

"You are a Fortress, Shelter, Deliverer"

"You are Sovereign, Wise and Good"

Yet I fail to leave my loved ones

in Your capable hands

I hold on, and fret and think I am somehow

responsible for their care

And now I am 

depleted

empty

weary

That You would open Your arms to me

in spite of my sin

is so overwhelmingly beautiful

It was never Your gavel that announced my guilt

It was mine

I wholly welcome  

Your gracious forgivenss

Can we begin again?

This will be my last blog post until
Monday March 26
God has called me to a
Sabbath Rest
from all things computer related