This morning I enjoyed a cup of coffee in the gazebo and witnessed with great delight the work of God's hands. I studied the ever-changing shadows He drew as He moved the sun in its divinely-appointed pathway for this day, which HE made. I AM REJOICING, AND AM GLAD IN IT!
But the shadows reminded me of two verses:
John 1:17
"For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ."
Hebrews 10:1:
"For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things..."
The very best explanation I have ever heard to help me remember the difference between The Law and Grace and Truth was given by bro. Ruben Ruga many, many years ago:
"I may see a shadow coming around a corner and I KNOW it is my mother. I recognize her image. But when my mother COMES around the corner I run to embrace her and immediately forget about the shadow. I do not run to embrace her SHADOW, for that was only a sample of the good which was to come! This is the type of what Hebrews 10:1 refers to."
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jfn - 5/26/2011
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I have been enjoying your meditations Auntie Jocelyn! :-)
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