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Redux means to revisit, bring back, re-release. This last week of 2014, we —the bloggers here at Girlfriends Coffee Hour—are each ‘revisiting’ a blog we wrote earlier this year.
We would love to share with you just a bit about how very good God has been to us! He has given us all so much grace and mercy, blessings and provision, protection and guidance! He has led us and taught us through His Holy Spirit so many incredible things! He has molded, and chastised, and encouraged us to be daughters with humble hearts who are dependent upon Him. And He has helped us to be strong, committed, and faithful women who love Him and desire to bring Him much honor and glory and majesty.
We pray that our words would encourage you also…and draw You deeper into relationship with the One Who loves you so! Here are my friend Kim Spring’s words.
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After Christmas, and now the new year is on the way…I look back on some of the songs that really touched my life. This one Come As You Are still brings me to my knees. The fact that He accepts me just as I am, loves me, and forgives my every sin is totally humbling! And one of the hardest things for me to do is to rest at His feet. {I am working on this.}
“Earth has no sorrow that Heaven can’t heal”; I am claiming this, accepting this, that there is nothing too big or small, old or new problem, whether it is my own pit I have jumped in or whether it is a pit I’ve been pushed into. God can heal and redeem and renew! Will you claim this with me and believe too that all is okay and you can bring anything to the Cross. And most of all, you CAN come as you are. You WILL find grace and mercy. You WILL find rest and you will find love unconditional. Can I invite you to come along with me? We can be just as we are!
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Come out of sadness from wherever you’ve been
Come broken hearted let rescue begin
Come find your mercy
Oh sinner, come kneel
Earth has no sorrow
That Heaven can’t heal
Lay down your burdens
Lay down your shame
All who are broken
Lift up your face
Oh wanderer, come home
You’re not too far
So, lay down your hurt
Lay down your heart
Come as you are
There’s hope for the hopeless
And all those who’ve strayed
Come sit at the table
Come taste the grace
There’s rest for the weary
Rest that endures
Earth has no sorrow
That Heaven can’t cure
Come as you are
Fall in His arms
Come as you are
There’s joy for the morning
Oh sinner, be still
Earth has no sorrow
That Heaven can’t heal
Songwriters: David Crowder, Ben Glover, Matt Maher
Performed by David Crowder and the Passion Band
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How awesome is it that we can come into the Presence of the Creator of the universe, the King of Kings, and we can just be who we are…? We don’t have to get good enough or perfect enough—we can come as we are. He knows us better than we know ourselves and He loves us in spite of us.
“You’re not too far” -You can never go too far that His arms can’t reach you! And He meets you there. Give all your cares and hurts to Him. He is able and willing to carry it all for you. Matthew 11:28 says,”Come to Me all who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest.” A rest that lasts a lifetime. He never gets tired of rescuing us.
“Come sit at the table, come taste the grace” — His grace is free. Where would we be without it? 2 Corinthians 12:9 says, “But He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weakness, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” See? There is rest for you at His feet.
“There’s joy for the morning” Psalm 30: 5b,”Weeping may spend the night, but there is joy in the morning.” Yes, this means that hard times won’t last forever and we will rejoice and be full of joy in the midst of the hard and know it’s a short time. He never leaves us in that place for long. And He is hope! For He has a beautiful life planned for you. Trust Him!
And the end of the song? “Earth has no sorrow that Heaven can’t cure.” So true! Heaven can heal any sorrow on earth! So today, we praise Him because we are His and He receives us… just as we are.
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Let us pray: Dear Lord, how amazing You are that You accept us and love us for who we are. You know our faults and You give us mercy and grace when we stray. You never give up on us, Lord. You know our hearts, and You welcome us and meet us where we are in life. Thank You for the joy that comes after the sorrow and for the rest You give us when life gets hard. We love You, Lord! In Jesus’ name, amen.
