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A Kept Woman

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…no, no…not in the mistress sense,

But a kept woman in the abiding Presence of Christ.

This is my reality.

My choice is to believe and trust and live from here.

The One who has captured my heart keeps it very well.

Even in the messes around me – and in me – that seem to want to swallow me up

~unfinished projects (this could be a whole blog in itself)

~laundry

~feeling misunderstood

~wishing I was a better friend

~returning phone calls and writing that letter

And all other moments lived in yucky flesh ~ rebellion and self absorption.

 

Truth:

The One who saved me     has sealed me   and has promised to never leave me.

 

He comes after me – in my mess – with conviction, not condemnation,

To rescue me from the pit of self….

To remind me that    Life is in Him     Life is Him

 

That He is in me and I am in Him…. by the power of the Spirit, not by my striving

 

Makes these eyes stare at Jesus

He must increase – I must decrease

 

Michael Wells (www.abidinglife.com) said, and this may not be an exact quote, but my takeaway,

”Abiding is not a feeling, it’s not a work I must do, it’s a knowing that I am kept.”

 

Paul said from a Roman prison, waiting to die…

 

“…for I know (perceive, have knowledge of, and am acquainted with) Him Whom I have believed (adhered to and trusted in and relied on), and I am [positively] persuaded that He is able to guard and keep that which has been entrusted to me and which [a] I have committed [to Him] until that day.” (2 Timothy 1:12 MSG)

 

I’ll say it: “I’m a kept woman – and grateful for it.”

 

 

 

Much More Grace

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God’s mercy has been poured out on us at the cross! That we should be reconciled to God by the blood of Jesus is love most divine. And yet, as Paul inspired by the Holy Spirit writes to the Roman believers, the grace of God is “much more” lavished on us in Jesus giving us His very life!
To think that God showed His love to me in that while I was still a sinner, Christ died for me, stirs the  sweetest of love songs in my Spirit. “For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of His son, much more now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.” (Romans 5:10) This truth brings up a shout! He not only saved us from our sin but He gave us His very life! And this is the only way to truly live in this life….through the life of Christ in us.
This has to change the way I do my life. It really isnt’t my life, but his. His glorious, resurrected life! His life in me loves and serves my husband, washes the laundry, and cleans the dinner dishes, again. This makes the commonplace, holy.
Not only that, but we have the promise that we can reign in this life! That’s a big word, a kingdom word! That implies a more than “just getting by” life. Your life becomes a “much more” life because of the “much more” grace of God. “Much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.” (Romans 5:17)
That’s a promise for this life, not just heaven. And as God has always initiated and given, it’s ours as we humbly receive it from him.
When I find myself looking or yearning for much more, the Holy Spirit reminds me of this truth, I have already been given so much more!

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