🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿
The story of Hansel and Gretal is a cautionary tale that we can learn from.
Sometimes, we make the mistake of venturing somewhere we must not. Entering into a place we should not. That turns out to be the wrong residence, wrong resolve, or wrong relationship. The grave mistake: staying longer than we should have.
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Sometimes we make the mistake of delaying. We wait too long when some things appear out of place. We hesitate. The delay turns out to be a deviation instead of a destination. The grave mistake: not leaving sooner.
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Sometimes we make the mistake of believing in the ending. In traveling and trusting. A combination that intertwine and interweave. We travel to places that from the outside, seem secure and safe. We trust the end of the journey is the right one. People of faith who misplace their faith. The grave mistake: trusting the ending.
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Staying too long, not leaving sooner, trusting the ending. Sounds familiar? It’s a description of sin.
Sin wants us to stay longer.
Sin tells us to leave later.
Sin urges us to trust the ending.
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Potiphar’s wife wanted Joseph to stay longer.
The wayward woman in Proverbs 7 tells a young man to leave later.
The serpent urged Adam and Eve to trust the ending, that consuming the fruit would make them like God.
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What to do. Be still and let go.
Stop staying. You walked into a situation you discover you shouldn’t be in. Hansel and Gretal your way out. Go.
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Leave now. You vacillated when to leave even though you knew you should, and the longer it took you to leave, the harder it became to leave. Go.
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Trust the Maker of endings instead of the ending. You had hopes and you wanted those hopes to work out despite its costs. Let go of the hope of that ending. Go.
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Be still and let go of how you hoped your life would turn out.
Be still and breathe in God’s faithfulness and forgiveness.
Be still and trust God has a better ending.
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No matter your mistake. You stayed too long, didn’t leave soon enough, or trusted the ending too much. God is bigger than your mistake and He can lead you to where you are truly supposed to be.
God’s redemption is not a trail of crumbs home. It’s a trail back into the arms of the Father who welcomes you back without condemnation.
Be still and know the Real Truth has the best ending for you possible.
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