Aligned in MERCY
We can all get pretty good at looking the other way … especially when it comes to ourselves. We’ll ignore red flags, make excuses for the patterns that create harm, and repeat “It’s Ok” long enough that it even starts to sound true. We keep ourselves distracted enough not to think too hard about what’s really going on underneath it all.
But that only works for so long. Eventually the pressure builds, and what we’ve been avoiding gets too heavy to lug around like nothing’s wrong. In fact, it can feel like everything is starting to close in on us. Yet in these places, it can be the fertile soil we need for honesty to start growing and finally break through. Sometimes what feels like it’s undoing us is actually clearing the ground for something better.
#Aligned #Jonah #Mercy #Repentance
Message Series Description:
Most of us are totally fine with God’s mercy ... that is, until it starts nudging us toward those places that we really don’t want to go. We love the idea of a patient, close-by God, but we so often push back when His message starts stepping over our boundaries. Still, that’s exactly where God meets us, right in the middle of our running and our unraveling.
One of the greatest stories of this relentless pursuit in the bible, Jonah, isn’t just a story about a reluctant prophet getting rescued. It’s an invitation to ALL of us to let God realign the things that have drifted in our hearts, soften what’s grown hard, and teach us to care about what truly matters to Him.
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