{"id":1792,"date":"2013-10-31T10:20:43","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T14:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etheriedge.wordpress.com\/?p=1792"},"modified":"2020-11-27T16:22:03","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T21:22:03","slug":"god-is-bigger-still","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2013\/10\/31\/god-is-bigger-still\/","title":{"rendered":"God is Bigger Still"},"content":{"rendered":"

These last 2 weeks have seemed particularly emotional ones. My father’s mind is slipping deeper into dementia and my mother’s frailty seems more acute. My close friend is suffering the terrible side effects of radiation. And there has been family crisis in the parent support group.<\/p>\n

Big issues loom all around me. They press in from every side. It starts to seem overwhelming… in a heartbeat hopeless. But God, is bigger still!<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0The depth and height and width of His love are literally unfathomable.<\/p>\n

Think of His<\/strong>: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0sadness<\/em> over pain,
\u00a0frustration<\/em> over a hard heart,
anger<\/em> at injustice and death,
hopes<\/em> for mercy and rescue,
desire<\/em> for change,
\u00a0joy<\/em> over obedience and new life,<\/p>\n

These are just fingernail bits of what God feels. I can not imagine the largeness of His heart. I’d be completely undone at the true depth of it all. I have emotions<\/em>,<\/em>\u00a0because God has made me in His image. These are good. My feelings are God-given, and when I submit them to Him- and they are Spirit-directed,<\/em> I will not be overwhelmed. Even though we see in part and know in part, He knows the whole story; past, present and future.<\/p>\n

Thank You, Father for giving me emotions to share just a bit of what You feel. Help me to see clearly the hope-FULL-ness of \u00a0 Your sovereignty in everything. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

ForGlorySake!<\/strong> -Anna<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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