We are so quick to "draw straight lines, with crooked sticks" and how refreshing it is to see that God loves us and how we are able to extend this mercy to others!
Reading and these verses and song affect my heart and outlook towards others!
"Finally, all of you, be like-minded
and show sympathy, love, compassion, and humility to and for each other—
not paying back evil with evil or insult with insult,
but repaying the bad with a blessing.
It was this you were called to do, so that you might inherit a blessing.
Walk away from the evil things in the world — just leave them behind, and do what is right, and always seek peace and pursue it.
1 Peter 3:8-9,11 (VOICE)
“Will you cry for me, or will you judge me?
Will you throw stones at my head, or will you love me?
I could never be everything that you wanna see
But crooked sticks draw straight lines, just look at me
(But crooked sticks draw straight lines, just look at me)
Lecrae states about his album All Things Work Together
" I've heard of ancient cultures that used to leave monuments and landmarks in areas where the dark became light,
stones of remembrance at the locations of war zones they survived,...
in spite of all the trial there was a light at the end of the tunnel,
a miracle in the midst of the madness, hope in the chaos..
when the quake from life disasters stopped I found myself
underneath the rubble, still breathing,
somehow stronger, wiser...
because in the end all things work together."
”I’ve learned that I can make it through the ugliest storm and come out better because I really didn’t know how I was going to end up and obviously I still have some wounds and scars and I’m still growing, God is still restoring a lot of me but I realized that God is faithful too. No matter how bad you mess up, God loves you and there’s nothing you can do about it.
I hope that they understand there is hope in the chaos. I hope that they get that God loves them and there is nothing they can do about it – it’s an unrelenting pursuit of you – and I want people to feel that. I want people to feel that they can make it, I don’t care how crazy it gets, we are resilient people and I want people to know that.”
stones of remembrance
underneath the rubble, still breathing,
they survived
underneath the rubble, still breathing,
they survived
