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Lent Devotional: Restore

DAY 5 OF 47

Restore: The great unbreaking

The great unbreaking

I remember the beginning.
The choruses of hallelujahs
the awe of newness
the sudden weight of time
and the mouth of God roaring violent light.

I remember the garden singing with life,
the wild scent of flowers carried on unpolluted breeze;
birds singing in the warmth of a young sun;
tentative footsteps on never-trodden grass;
man, woman – the first embrace.

I remember the slither of the serpent
and the hiss of the oldest lie;
I remember pain, the howling pain of knowledge
and then the quivering of shame,
hiding from the only love that could fix it.

I remember the breaking,
relationships ripped apart –
great chasms between people and God
and people and the world
and people and themselves.

But I also remember him.
The carpenter’s son, the Rabbi, the temple-trasher,
demon-tormentor, crowd-feeder, leper-healer;
I remember his body being wrecked –
his brokenness our great unbreaking.

Gideon Heugh, Tearfund

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Lent Devotional: Restore

This study, brought to you by Tearfund, journeys through the Lent season, and will encourage you to spend time soaking in God's goodness. Read and reflect on ways you can channel His restorative love throughout your life.

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