I don't know about you but I'm not a fan of roots, and not because I dye my hair. I'm talking about those family roots, the past, the generations of people who either followed Christ or rejected Him and followed their own path to their destruction, usually taking their children with them. One of the most freeing things in the Bible is the idea that we are grafted into Christ. He is the vine, His Father, the vine-dresser who takes us from what we were, cuts us off from the old unhealthy roots, and weaves us into His Son. His roots are now our roots. His future now our future. The past is in the past. We are no longer our parents, or the sum total of all our experiences. We are Christ's and He will change us into His image, into what He plans for us to be, in order to bring glory to God. We no longer have to dwell in the tree we were born into. Which is a relief to those of us without a Christian upbringing and gives hope for the children of those of us who did not come to know Christ until late.
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Sara, I linked up behind you today! What a pleasant surprise, but also a flood of guilt!! I have missed hello mornings! Anyway, I love this. It's so right on! We choose our own stories. Though we have no control over many things (like the family we're born into) we're free to make our own decisions. And Christ enables us to choose the right way. Thanks for sharing here! Blessings!
ReplyDeleteThat's OK, it's been getting difficult. I've had such horrible insomnia this week, three weeks of sick kids, two of sick me. Remember, you can always pick back up whenever you want. I don't mind at all. Unless you want me to come over and crack a whip. ;D
DeleteReally wonderful post.
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DeleteSara - I love your reminder we are grafted into Christ! That was my '1st' thought - but I'd already been thinking about family and thankfulness and I knew my brain couldn't make the switch. :-) Thank you for sharing. {visiting from 5minFri}
ReplyDeleteThanks. Yeah, it's hard to change mid-stream when you need to write. :)
DeleteI really liked where you went with this. I struggle with holding onto my earthly roots when what I need to be doing is grasping on to my Heavenly roots.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your post on my blog!
Thanks so much for reading and especially for leaving a comment. :)
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