Whole and Holy
>> Friday, August 22, 2008
Eldredge talks about wholeness and holiness going together. "You can't find the holines you want without deep wholeness. And you can't find the wholeness you want without deep holiness." He quotes Ephesians 1:4, "God chose us to make us whole and holy through his love." What do you think about what Eldredge says in this section of the book?
Thinking of a struggle that you have in your life (we all have struggles). Do you see both brokenness and sin involved within that issue of your life? Do you believe that God wants to truly restore you, to transform you?
3 comments:
I'll have to come back to this one.
I can see both brokenness and sin in the things that I struggle with on a regular basis. I know that I cannot do it alone and that God is the only one who can restore me. I have to keep turing things over to Him, rather than try and control everything myself, though. If I look away, I fall back down again.
I had to stop and take a deep breath after reading this section. It makes perfect sense. It also means that I have a long road ahead of me.
My husband has now applied for a promotion....a second time...and has not been given the promotion....for a second time. I find myself struggling with this...I know we are supposed to be living on one income right now, but we are struggling ...I find myself counting change around the house at the end of the month just to have enough for groceries. It is not like we are starving....we are just living REALLY TIGHT right now.
I have finally realized this time around that God is still waiting for me...I love to shop, I love to decorate my home, I love to go out to nice restaurants, I love to have pretty things.....hmmmmm seems to be a trend going on here. And since I have stopped working I have felt like I have had to go without so many things. I am so stuck on what I am without....that I have not stopped t take in all I have through Him. I am not yet healed....it is not time for us to move forward yet....I get it now.
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