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Conkers revisited
Recently I found myself in an in-between place. Too early for my next meeting and too late to do much else, so I took time out in the Crichton grounds for a walk on a beautiful autumnal day. As I walked I could not resist that old habit of picking up a conker, just fallen from the tree, shining and half in its shell. It was smooth and fresh, new born, whole and filled with potential – a great tree in the waiting.
But on reflection that’s not the way I remember we liked them. As a boy we toughened them up, we drilled a hole through the middle of them, tied them up and battered them with all our might against one another. As I rolled that new conker in my hand it seemed that our life is so like this. We are born fresh and whole, filled with great potential but soon that changes. We get toughened up, sin drills holes in our hearts, hurt tears bits off us, we spend so much of life clashing against others, people get broken. Jesus, God with us, walked among us and as he experienced our brokenness first hand it made him so sad. So as he walked and talked he healed and restored. He took the battered and the broken and restored them; he took those who were mentally scarred and healed their minds. He taught and he told of his purpose in being with us, he said: “I have come that you may have life, and have it to the full.” (John 10:10) Jesus still moves among us, he is still God with us, by his Spirit he is still healing our hurts and offering abundant life for us. So if you are feeling broken, if you are feeling that your life has been like a chestnut; your potential stolen, your heart broken and you are battered and sore then turn to the one who came to restore your life and make you whole, “a new creation” (2 Cor. 5:17). Please trust in Jesus. Let him be tender with your wounds, he comes to heal and restore. Let him begin his work of renewal. Reach out to him in prayer and you will find he is reaching out to you, read his word and take his promises deep within and let them heal your soul, gather together for communion at the close of this month and remember our giving Lord and share in his healing meal. There is a day to come when we shall meet him face to face and we shall be made completely new and whole, shining like the sun. But until then, open up to him and let his healing warmth rest upon you and know deep within the restoration that he alone can bring. In Christ Jamie Milliken
But on reflection that’s not the way I remember we liked them. As a boy we toughened them up, we drilled a hole through the middle of them, tied them up and battered them with all our might against one another. As I rolled that new conker in my hand it seemed that our life is so like this. We are born fresh and whole, filled with great potential but soon that changes. We get toughened up, sin drills holes in our hearts, hurt tears bits off us, we spend so much of life clashing against others, people get broken. Jesus, God with us, walked among us and as he experienced our brokenness first hand it made him so sad. So as he walked and talked he healed and restored. He took the battered and the broken and restored them; he took those who were mentally scarred and healed their minds. He taught and he told of his purpose in being with us, he said: “I have come that you may have life, and have it to the full.” (John 10:10) Jesus still moves among us, he is still God with us, by his Spirit he is still healing our hurts and offering abundant life for us. So if you are feeling broken, if you are feeling that your life has been like a chestnut; your potential stolen, your heart broken and you are battered and sore then turn to the one who came to restore your life and make you whole, “a new creation” (2 Cor. 5:17). Please trust in Jesus. Let him be tender with your wounds, he comes to heal and restore. Let him begin his work of renewal. Reach out to him in prayer and you will find he is reaching out to you, read his word and take his promises deep within and let them heal your soul, gather together for communion at the close of this month and remember our giving Lord and share in his healing meal. There is a day to come when we shall meet him face to face and we shall be made completely new and whole, shining like the sun. But until then, open up to him and let his healing warmth rest upon you and know deep within the restoration that he alone can bring. In Christ Jamie Milliken
Posted on Oct 5 2008 at 15:42
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