Gethsemane - About Reflections

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we have to deliver, we have to give birth, we have to yield fruit. Keeping this fruit within us can no doubt destroy us spiritually. Have you ever felt so full of the Word that you almost bend over physically in pain? You just have to share with someone? This happens when the time comes to deliver the Word – an outpouring to others what He has poured into us. Just pause again for a moment and think on what would happen in the natural if someone did everything perfectly throughout her pregnancy but did not deliver at the scheduled time. It does not matter how much she is enjoying this pregnancy – it cannot go on forever – yes? It has to end and something has to come forth from the womb – it is just how the process works. Similarly, an impregnation of the Word is a process that must bring forth fruit – lest it dies within us. So … returning to our vignette about the family that invited Jesus - if we are saving up our blessings to shower upon some white-haired man from Galilee let us give it up. Each and every day of our lives, Jesus is visiting us through various ones and 17


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