You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men; clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart.
(2 Corinthians: 3:3-4)
GOD
God sees the whole story, and I must trust His divine perspective as He writes the epistolary novel which is my life. His additions and editions make the most of the words which are on the page: Like David, I write as my Divine Muse stirs the ink with which He writes His divine story:"My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses for the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful write" (Psalm 45:1)You have likely come across the term, selah, as you have read the Psalms. It is a poetic term which means to pause, think, and reflect. It literally reminds me to be still and know that He alone is God (Psalm 46). The dash serves the same function; it provides a pause, a respite, but it supplies additional information- needful information.
In between the ellipsis, the wait, the patient and impatient, He is writing our story when we can not see. During the quiet time, the long hours spend at the loved one's side, He is writing, perfecting, our story. Sometimes, I place a small letter what should be a capital. God changes what I call significant to insignificant and what I call as a capital letter- a literal new beginning.
The semicolon adds more pertinent information to that which flowed before. In the same vein, God adds layer and layer of Christ's story in our lives. Since Christ died for us, He wants to live His life through us. Despite life's pain, we, "in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us" (Romans 8:32).
The boldfaced underlined unadulterated truth is that God has to allow pain in our lives at times so that we relinquish the pen and paper into His hands. Our lives are the script that is being written. We are living epistles read by men! Hallelujah! Each day is a blank page- an empty canvas upon which God longs to pour His words of life on the dry thirsty pages that soak up the ink of His love.
For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope (Romans 15:4).
When I open my mouth, may there be quotation marks around your words that flow out of me. Colons are meant to explain in greater depth what has transpired before. Lord, let me slow down for the explanation as I still my hands., heart, and feet to hear from you. God give me the grace to pause when you want to add to the story when you place a slash/ as you write the poetry of my life/ Selah.
An empty waiting page,
MJ
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