It has been a few months since the bitter, cold day that our sweet rabbit, Cocoa, gave birth to her four babies.
It was a day that Cocoa acted on her feelings instead of the realities and truth of her situation. The result was quite horrific to see. The ensuing tragedy gave me a terrifically helpful illustration to remember going forward.
It’s also lead me to ask this week’s question:
“Am I living congruently with who God says I am?…
There was a time in my life when I felt a heavy burden and great stress about what I was and wasn’t doing. At that time, I was a baby Christian with a poor understanding of the realities of who I was in Christ and how God made me. Each time a good activity or ministry came my way, I felt I had to take part in it even if I didn’t really have the time and energy. I even gave myself to some things I may have had…
“As you come to Him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.” – 1 Peter 2:4-5
So often I equate the abundant Christian life to simply my personal relationship with Jesus: saying no to sin, yes to the freedom I have not to sin, turning toward Jesus…
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