My previous two blogs looking at Amazing Grace . . . how sweet the
sound! have been excerpts from this book, Dirty God - Jesus in the Trenches.
It is probably one of the most compelling and eye-opening books I've read in a long time. I'd like to recommend this reading to you!
It is probably one of the most compelling and eye-opening books I've read in a long time. I'd like to recommend this reading to you!
Each new day is a blessing!
Dorothy
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GRACE explained is helpful,
but GRACE experienced changes everything.
but GRACE experienced changes everything.
In Dirty God, Johnnie Moore
does more than explain GRACE . Through his powerful and personal examples he
helps the reader experience GRACE.
He tells us that Jesus is the author of GRACE . But he reminds us
that the Jesus of the Bible isn't the freshly showered, manicured Jesus of
popular culture. Jesus, he says, “ didn't float down to planet earth like a
deflating balloon. He dropped down like an atom bomb, and his very presence was
a provocation.”
Jesus got dirty, from head-to-toe, as he fulfilled his mission
of making a messy world clean. He smelled of sweat and soil. He had dirt under
his fingernails, and calluses on his hands.
Why? He is so kind that he didn't expect us to try to climb up
to him. He climbed down to us to bring us back to God. This book chronicles
again that story, and it reminds us that GRACE is both GOTTEN and GIVEN.
Jesus invites us to join him in the trenches.
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Thank you for reading my blog of thoughts, encouragement and instructions the Lord speaks about to me. It is simply my therapy to write down these things as I walk my journey out with Him. I would love to hear back from you. Each new day is a blessing! Dorothy