Tag Archives: Resurrection

Finding Life…

Posted on May 16, 2018 by florencejoy

I see the cross
A new day dawns
Rising from death
The whole earth yawns
It’s waking up
Life’s stretching out
Faith’s unfurling
Outgrowing doubt Continue reading →

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Something New / Open Your Heart

Posted on April 29, 2018 by florencejoy

“I’m letting Jesus in to that place. I am voicing it. I am inviting Him. He is going there because I have asked Him to, I have allowed Him to. We are going there together.

And He is doing something new.” Continue reading →

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Seeing & Feeling / Head to Heart

Posted on April 23, 2018 by florencejoy

“Here we are, spring is literally springing up all around us. Blossom graces our trees, previously bare through winter’s seeming sleep. Fresh shoots continue to appear and many are now bringing forth colour and shape, texture and contrast. There are signs of life appearing all around: it cannot be denied; it is there for all to see; it is obvious and real and true….

….And yet my heart does not yet sing with the reality I see before me. I feel, as yet, unable to fully embrace the life that I see, the life that I know, the life that I cannot deny. The connection is not yet there. There still remains a numbness; the ground of my heart and soul still thawing after winter’s frost.

My faith feels thin. And yet I know what I know.” Continue reading →

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Making Space For Grace…

Posted on April 17, 2018 by florencejoy

“But I know that recovery is possible, restoration is possible, renewal is possible, redemption is possible, resurrection is possible.

I know I can be found again. Not by any wishful thinking that any of our past can be undone. It can’t. We must grieve our pasts and move on.

But we can be found again at the cross of Christ. We can be found again as sons and daughters of God, our Father. We can be found again because of what God made possible: when He came to earth as man, to walk with us and suffer with us, and suffer for us, paying the penalty of our sin and not-good-enough-ness and making a way through death and back to life again.

I will not find myself by pining for a person I may feel I once was. But I can be made new in Christ by facing up to myself – all the ugly bits, all the rotten bits, all the sinful, shameful bits, all the bits that have tried and failed and fallen short, all the bits that wished they weren’t, all the painful bits – the bits that really hurt – all the hidden and buried and dark and locked away bits. If I can see myself as I truly am and if I can truly face up to my own fears, failures, neediness, inadequacy and dependence – and relinquish control, relinquish independence – then I may be able to enter in to all that God has for me. Then I may be able to make space for His grace.”

“It is time. It is time for life. It is time for freedom. It is time for healing, for grace, for resurrection power. It is time for acknowledging my need of Jesus. It is time for laying down my foolish pride. It is time for repentance. It is time to stop hiding. It is time for fear to flee. It is time to let God in, to let Jesus in, to let His life-giving, death-overcoming, freedom-bringing, power-releasing Spirit in.” Continue reading →

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Winter’s crown…

Posted on November 19, 2017 by florencejoy

Winter’s crown Of thorn and thistle All is dying All is dead Cold winds blow On skins that bristle Coarse and harsh And full of dread Fear threatens And dark days linger Will we hear of Him again? Hushed we … Continue reading →

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November rose…

Posted on November 16, 2017 by florencejoy

November rose Pink posies against grey Integrity of green leaves That dance around the blossom There is life in her yet Cheeks that swell & blush On pale face Framed in saturated character A depth no season – No harsh … Continue reading →

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In between seasons…

Posted on November 15, 2017 by florencejoy

In between seasons Autumn fading out Winter fading in Though no need to fear No need for tears For we know that death will Make way for New life And what is drained of colour now Will be revived In … Continue reading →