{"id":1716,"date":"2011-12-06T16:23:48","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T20:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phatherphil.org\/?p=1716"},"modified":"2011-12-06T16:23:48","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T20:23:48","slug":"come-lord-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phatherphil.org\/?p=1716","title":{"rendered":"Come, Lord Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Lord; Happy Tuesday Father!<\/p>\n

Come, Lord Jesus\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Driving to work this morning Father, You placed this all-too-familiar phrase on my heart.<\/p>\n

And with it came so many thoughts\u2026<\/p>\n

When I was little, one of the most powerful memories I have of my grandmother (my father\u2019s mother) is the Lutheran Grace she used to say when we sat down to a meal:<\/p>\n

\u201cCome Lord Jesus, be our Guest, and let Thy gifts to us be blessed.\u00a0 Amen\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

She was a devout Christian Lord, and loved You with all her heart.\u00a0 When I was younger and she was still with us, I never truly understood her absolute devotion to You.\u00a0 As You know Lord, my early years were very much filled with turmoil; I was angry, and fearful, and through that haze of emotion You weren\u2019t even on my radar.\u00a0 Through it all though, she kept Your Word in our lives nonetheless.\u00a0 When I see her again in Your Kingdom Father, I have quite a bit to thank her for.<\/p>\n

Come, Lord Jesus\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In our brokenness Father, our hearts cry out to You.\u00a0 We live in a disconnected world Lord; one that tries desperately to focus our attention on its \u201cglitter and flash\u201d<\/em>, and away from Your stalwart presence.\u00a0 Yet, in the midst of our sin and pain You sent Your only Begotten Son to cleanse the world, and lead us from our bondage.<\/p>\n

Come, Lord Jesus\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In this Season of Advent Father, we not only celebrate the holy birth of our Savior, but also the eager anticipation of His return.\u00a0 It\u2019s a time embraced by a sense of wonder at the coming of our incarnate God, and a longing in our spirits for divine deliverance from the world\u2019s evils; when we open our hearts to rejoice at Your overflowing love for us and say\u2026<\/p>\n

Come, Lord Jesus!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Amen.<\/p>\n

~Phather Phil<\/p>\nPin It<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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