Closer

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Denver Botanical Gardens )
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I call out at the top of my lungs, "God! Answer! I'll do whatever you say." I called to you, "Save me so I can carry out all your instructions." I was up before sunrise, crying for help, hoping for a word from you. I stayed awake all night, prayerfully pondering your promise. In your love, listen to me; in your justice, God, keep me alive. As those out to get me come closer and closer, they go farther and farther from the truth you reveal; But you're the closest of all to me, God, and all your judgments true. I've known all along from the evidence of your words that you meant them to last forever.

And now, isn't it wonderful all the ways in which this distress has goaded you closer to God? You're more alive, more concerned, more sensitive, more reverent, more human, more passionate, more responsible. Looked at from any angle, you've come out of this with purity of heart. And that is what I was hoping for

SINCE ALL this is true, we ought to pay much closer attention than ever to the truths that we have heard, lest in any way we drift past [them] and slip away.

There are "friends" who destroy each other, but a real friend sticks closer than a brother.

[ Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem ] But as they came closer to Jerusalem and Jesus saw the city ahead, he began to cry.

Psalm 119:145 2 Corinthians 7:11 Hebrews 2:1 Proverbs 18:24 Luke 19:41

The closer you are to God, the bigger your heart for people.

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