Sadness of the Spirit

As believers
children of God
the Spirit of God
dwells in our hearts

Our choices, our sin
sadness of the Spirit
suffering with us
when we turn from him

The voice calling us
to turn from the world
the grieving Spirit
wooing us back to God


June 5, 2010
Ephesians 4:30
Ephesians 4:29-32
Acts 7:51
1 Thessalonians 5:19
Genesis 6:3
&
Day 253, “Grieving the Spirit”, in
“Daily Mediations: On Golden Texts of the Bible”,
by Henry Gariepy
http://books.google.com/books?id=9tjVtRt3TUMC&pg=PP1&dq=henry+gariepy&ei=6tqBSqLVDJiQyQT4i9DOCg#v=onepage&q=&f=false
read June 5, 2010


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