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Grannys Messages : **Becoming Strong In The Broken Places**
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From: MSN Nicknamebase301  (Original Message)Sent: 11/5/2002 4:30 AM
And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness."  Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 2 Corinthians 12:9.
 
To become strong in the broken places of our lives demands that we do two things, seeming opposites:  hang in there, and let go.  To somehow dip up the courage to keep going is the very courage that allows us to scoop up the broken pieces of our lives and lay them all at the feet of One (Jesus Christ) who would do more in us than just get us through the storm.
He will take the fire that blackens our horizons and warm our souls with it.
He will sharpen our vision in the darkness that oppresses us.
He will use the despair of standing at a grave, to deepen our trust in Him.
These, we cannot do for ourselves.
 
The Lord will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever;  Do not forsake the works of Your hands. Psalm138:8.
 
Perhaps because our brokenness brings us to the end of ourselves, it is here, in these jars of clay that we offer up to, His very special grace, that God's all-surpassing power is made known and He, indeed, makes us strong in our broken places.
 
God Bless All. Love in Christ, Sister Betty


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From: reddaSent: 11/18/2003 7:46 AM
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the  brokenhearted to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,Lu 4:18      None but Jesus can give deliverance to captives. Real liberty cometh from Him only. It is a liberty righteously bestowed; for the Son, who is Heir of all things, has a right to make men free. The saints honour the justice of God, which now secures their salvation. It is a liberty which has been dearly purchased. Christ speaks it by His power, but He bought it by His blood. He makes thee free, but it is by His own bonds. Thou goest clear, because He bare thy burden for thee: thou art set at liberty, because He has suffered in thy stead. But, though dearly purchased, He freely gives it. Jesus asks nothing of us as a preparation for this liberty. He finds us sitting in sackcloth and ashes, and bids us put on the beautiful array of freedom; He saves us just as we are, and all without our help or merit. When Jesus sets free, the liberty is perpetually entailed; no chains can bind again. Let the Master say to me, "Captive, I have delivered thee," and it is done for ever. Satan may plot to enslave us, but if the Lord be on our side, whom shall we fear? The world, with its temptations, may seek to ensnare us, but mightier is He who is for us than all they who be against us. The machinations of our own deceitful hearts may harass and annoy us, but He who hath begun the good work in us will carry it on and perfect it to the end. The foes of God and the enemies of man may gather their hosts together, and come with concentrated fury against us, but if God acquitteth, who is he that condemneth? Not more free is the eagle which mounts to his rocky eyrie, and afterwards outsoars the clouds, than the soul which Christ hath delivered. If we are no more under the law, but free from its curse, let our liberty be practically exhibited in our serving God with gratitude and delight. "I am Thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: Thou hast loosed my bonds." "Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?"