In Ephesians 3, Paul bends over backwards and strains his amazing mental thesaurus to communicate to his readers that God is the very essence of abundance. Given this, what do we do when our hearts need truth in the moment? When all that our eyes can see feels like “not enough”?
In days of abundance, we preserve,
Whether it’s green beans in a jar,
Or a meal,
Made in advance for a busy day.
When the soul-famine gnaws,
And the silence of God echoes abandonment,
The Truth —
Vacuum sealed in this jar of clay —
Sustains.
Unlike last Tuesday’s meatloaf
Or the manna
(with its one-day shelf life),
God’s mercies are new every morning,
Preserved,
Ever new.
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Love this: “God’s mercies are new every morning, Preserved, Ever new” Love how God’s promises have been preserved through the ages and are still as fresh and relevant as they were in ancient times.
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Touched my heart strings this morning. I have felt His keeping power in times of famine and have survived. Thanks for sharing. Visiting from Trying on Grace.
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Beautiful Michelle! The truth-vacuumed sealed in this jar of clay-sustains. Love that image. Blessed you linked this at The Weekend Brew.
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Michele, thank you for the lovely reminder that His mercies are new every morning.
Blessings ~ Wendy ❀
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Thankful for this truth, and thanks for taking time to comment. Blessings on your Sunday.
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Oh the beauty of being preserved by His fermented love in and through us. So thankful for this reminder today.
Blessings,
Dawn
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Michele, wonderful post. Old truths which are forever fresh!
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Loving your poetry, Michele. These lines are the ones that spoke most to me:
The Truth —
Vacuum sealed in this jar of clay —
Sustains.
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Thank you for your encouragement.
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Ah, Michele! This is beautiful! Isn’t it interesting how ‘preserve’ and ‘preserver’ are so close in spelling? At first read your title as ‘Preserver” ;)–that when we are preserved in Christ–we have the ability to preserver!
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Sweet, simple, and beautiful -all things that last, last in Him! A great thought to start my day : ) Thanks! Blessings from #Thought-ProvokingThursday!
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Beautiful words, Michele. Thank you for the reminder that His mercies are new every morning. Let’s not try to self-sustain, or go days without seeking Him for fresh manna. He longs to meet daily with each of His precious children, if only we will let Him.
Blessings and hugs,
Kamea
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Wonderful post Michele, thank you for sharing it with us at Good Morning Mondays. My husbands work situation has changed and he has possibly lost some work and we have been discussing what we can do about it and you know what, we decided that the only thing we can do is pray. God is in control and He knows what is going on and His mercies are new every morning. He will never let us down. Blessings to you xxxx
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Praying right now for you and your husband. Blessings and thanks for reading.
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