A Thousand Words of a Ravenous Wolf

 I can't help but picture Jesus' words when I read this passage: "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing." Luke 13:34   There is a source of comfort and safety available to us, if only we are willing to seek it!  Accepting my own weakness and need for Christ is a lot easier when I think of myself as the fuzzy little fellow above.  While I am growing, I still cannot handle the challenges in my path alone.  I need Jesus to provide a safe place to rest and recover.

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, “I am a warrior.” Joel 3:10  When I read this verse, I thought of a Möbius strip.  For those non-nerds out there, a  Möbius strip is a surface with only one side.  You can make one by twisting a strip of paper and taping it together; you now have a single surface you could follow all the way around the loop without crossing over a boundary. Sometimes I feel like there are two versions of me; the version I am and the version I want to be.  On one side is the weak version, consumed by fears, worries, and anger.  On the other is the version remade by Christ.  However, I am not a coin or a sheet of paper.  I am a  Möbius strip.  Both those versions exist in the same space.  God is not waiting just out of reach, He is here with me in this moment.  When I am weak, He is here to make me strong.  When I am afraid, He is here to bring me courage.