Abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness….
The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation.”
Exod.34.6-7
In the early 1990’s, eons, light years ago and yesterday it seems, 5 women set sail on a journey of writing a women’s Bible study…our chosen verses, the preceding ones were prayed over, and diligently taken apart and put together, written about, lived and breathed for several months…
We came from different backgrounds…our children were various ages, our husbands had different vocations…our giftings , love languages and personalities were very different…we brought a variety of life experiences…all to mesh into a close knit group with a goal of building up, encouraging one another and handing that off to a group of leaders and a multitude of women wanting a closer walk with Jesus…
We wrestled over questions, wording, applications of each lesson and the whole of the theme…until one day it was ready for the publisher and finally ready to facilitate in small groups of women…It was like birthing your baby into the world…what an amazing experience…
We have all moved since then, our children have grown, grandchildren have come…good things and bad things have happened…there has been pain, death, joy, aging parents, books published, a worldwide ministry started…and just day to day living…we can pick up the phone and continue a conversation with one another like there were no ensuing years…
Those words, “ abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness “ that the Lord promised still stand fast…
Thank YOU…
“Gentle and Lowly”, by Dane Ortlund, chapter 16…
The Steadfast Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo46VTYtvD0
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