I wonder which version of my post you read from last week?
I rushed ahead of grace! Instead of asking the Lord when I should post, as soon as I got the second witness to the content I just went ahead and hit the “Post” button!
A few hours later it occurred to me that I had forgotten to write probably the most important paragraph, in the version I had composed in my head before committing it to paper, so as to speak!
I went in to make an edit and realized a fair number of people had already opened and read the post. I added..
“In The Silver Chair all three of our heroes are very aware of their own weaknesses and failures. For example Jill keeps forgetting the signs she was told by Aslan to remember. However in the end they are all humbled as they watch Aslan, the redeemer, work ALL things together for good!”
So, my error was concerning errors!……….
…and as I’ve said before often when I make a mistake I find it is the Lord drawing my attention to something he wants to highlight for me…..and maybe for you?
…in this case….. GRACE.
Jill had forgotten the important things that Aslan had told her, Eustace failed to recognize an old friend. We too often err because we have forgotten what God has said, or because we fail to recognize Him as he comes to us in many guises, ‘a thousand times a day.”**
Aslan (Jesus) graciously draws us back from regret for past errors into the joy of his presence in the present!
It then occurred to me I could also enhance the post by adding a song which begins,
“NOW…. may the God of hope.”
The chorus goes…
He who has called you
Is faithful and He will do
All he has promised to
…… in you.
Here is the link…
Let this New Covenant promise, fill us with ‘the hope of God’ in this coming year
…… that even if we get the timing wrong,
“God is able to do exceedingly abundantly beyond all we could ask or think”!
** You Came to Me ….on the album yet to be.