Luke 22 Please Pass the Denial
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A servant girl saw Peter seated there in the firelight.
She looked closely at him and said,
“This man was with Jesus.”
But he denied it.
“Woman, I don’t know him,” he said.
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Denial is a natural reflex.
When the news is too bad to comprehend...
When the facts are too awful to contemplate...
Then denial can be the only friend you've got.
Our world has spiritual problems that dime store saviors cannot solve.
Racism, hatred, and intolerance are spiritual problems.
Violence and blind rage are spiritual problems.
Isolation and loneliness are spiritual problems.
Even sickness is a spiritual problem.
You might treat some symptoms of a disease with pills, shots, or pharmaceuticals.
But chemical solutions cannot make you well.
Wellness comes from the soul.
Denial is natural.
Peace that passes understanding is supernatural.
The only way to pass from one to the other is to admit that our cloak of denial is too thin to shelter this storm.
Put on Christ's Peace that Passes All Understanding, and you will begin to be completely well.
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Far away in the depths of my spirit tonight
Rolls a melody sweeter than psalm;
In celestial-like strains it unceasingly falls
O’er my soul like an infinite calm.
Peace, peace! wonderful peace,
Coming down from the Father above,
Sweep over my spirit forever, I pray,
In fathomless billows of love