Monthly Archives: May 2013

Endless Expansion

Posted on May 31, 2013 by mhrockness

There is a wonderful sense of expansion – endless expansion – about our love for those who are gone, as if it had escaped earthly fettering.  The pain of the parting is just the rending of the sheath, as it … Continue reading →

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Beauty From Brokenness

Posted on May 24, 2013 by mhrockness

“Conscious weakness as a preparation for service is one thing; brokenness is another.  We may know that we are but earthen pitchers, like Gideon’s, with nothing of our own but the light within, and yet we may not have passed through the … Continue reading →

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The Weight of Glory

Posted on May 18, 2013 by mhrockness

“The grass has to stand very still as it holds its precious ‘weight of glory’ – and so has the soul on whom the dew of the Spirit comes.  Literally, as easily as this dew, His dew is brushed off – some of … Continue reading →

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Saved to Save

Posted on May 10, 2013 by mhrockness

“We ourselves are ‘saved to save’ – we are made to give – to let everything go if only we may have more to give.”                               … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Family

Posted on May 3, 2013 by mhrockness

“The marvellous promise has been much to me these last days – the power given into the hands of the Church, even when it is represented by the smallest corporate capacity of ‘two’ for moving the unseen, ‘binding’ the forces … Continue reading →

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