You delight in showing mercy
And mercy triumphs over judgement
Stopping For The One
Experiencing how God's love transforms us to love others
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Last year, our Senior Pastor had been to one of our sister churches and had heard one of their visiting speakers use the phrase “stopping for the one”. This was the first time I’d consciously heard that term, and it stood out to me. Sometimes a phrase just leaps out at you, and this one has definitely embedded itself in my mind.
For the last year I’ve been turning this over in my mind, examining it for the gold held within. I started noticing it come into use by a few speakers, but it stuck in the back of my mind and wouldn’t be silenced. I’ve been wrestling with the text — the Biblical meaning of meditation.
This afternoon, I had a tangible reminder of how much God has changed my heart.
I was heading home after a quick trip to the local stationery warehouse when I saw a woman walk up to the traffic lights to cross the street. She was thin and gaunt, with telltale marks of a long history of addiction. Her gait was awkward and unsteady, her eyes sunken, her skin and hair dried up from what looked like years of substance abuse. She was actually the spitting image of one of the meth addicts on Breaking Bad. A mere skeleton of who she was created to be.
“I wait for the LORD, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope.”
— Psalm 130:5
Last Friday I went and sat in the mall, aiming to draft my first post for this blog. I sat with pen and paper, and began a free-form stream of thoughts that will probably never end up seeing the light of day.
Concentrating on my thoughts and scribblings, I hadn’t noticed an acquaintance of mine until he walked up and warmly greeted me. James[ref]Not his real name.[/ref] is a member of my church, although we don’t cross paths nearly often enough.
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