“Christians have a hope that can be ‘rubbed into’ our sorrow and anger the way salt is rubbed into meat,” Tim Keller writes. “Neither stifling grief nor giving way to despair is right. Neither repressed anger nor unchecked rage is good for your soul.”
I agree. And I add one thing: look for God’s love. It’s all around.
Today is Maundy Thursday. “Maundy” is from the Latin word “mandatum” which means “command.” Maundy Thursday Love We could say it is Commandment Thursday, because of John 13:34: “A new mandatum, a new mandate, I give to you that you love one another: just as I have love you, you also are to love one…
“Sometimes God, out of love, treats us to a good dose of delay.” In other words, God’s love delays. Sometimes grace doesn’t save and mercy doesn’t heal and somehow it’s all done in love. How can we possibly believe this?
Mama said there’d be days like this. And God said there’d be mercy to match. But how do you take it in hand and pick it off mercy’s tree?