Gush Out
I quote this verse often from Romans 5: "Suffering produces endurance, and
endurance produces character, and character (which means in Greek, "proven
character proven through testing), and character produces hope, and hope
makes us not ashamed." Great verse that teaches us how character truly
develops--through endurance of suffering and trials...but what I rarely
quote is the rest of the verse which says, "because the love of God is shed
abroad in our hearts..."
The word "shed abroad" means to "gush out, pour out, to bestow, or
to run greedily (out), to spill or shed.
Why can we have hope during our most hurtful trials in life,
particularly those where love is not returned, you feel unloved,
unappreciated, and quite empty...why hope? Because God is greedily gushing
out his love into our hearts to keep us from despair...He knows how
difficult it is and without His love we would crumble...He is there for us
and He is gushing out His love in us.
endurance produces character, and character (which means in Greek, "proven
character proven through testing), and character produces hope, and hope
makes us not ashamed." Great verse that teaches us how character truly
develops--through endurance of suffering and trials...but what I rarely
quote is the rest of the verse which says, "because the love of God is shed
abroad in our hearts..."
The word "shed abroad" means to "gush out, pour out, to bestow, or
to run greedily (out), to spill or shed.
Why can we have hope during our most hurtful trials in life,
particularly those where love is not returned, you feel unloved,
unappreciated, and quite empty...why hope? Because God is greedily gushing
out his love into our hearts to keep us from despair...He knows how
difficult it is and without His love we would crumble...He is there for us
and He is gushing out His love in us.
posted by The Lamplighter | 9:44 AM
1 Comments:
Wait a minute....you left out the first part of that verse,...it says..., well I'll back up a verse...it says...in 5:3..'Through Him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand....and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. More than that we rejoice in our sufferings knowing our sufferings produce endurance and endurance produces character......'
Maybe you should know....I am not always rejoicing in my sufferings...actually takes a lot of faith to get to the rejoicing part....but then maybe that is what he means when he says..we have obtained access BY faith into grace which leads to hope....our faith...is our access...to hope...and I know that when I exercise faith and am able to rejoice because He knows what is best for me in my suffering, I am more ready to recieve the Gush He pours out on me...it leaves grace, it leaves peace which passes all understanding....beautiful...
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