Tuesday, November 16, 2010

From Mark Mallett: Clothed in Christ


Clothed in Christ

 

ONE could summarize the recent five writings, from The Tiger in the Cage to The Rocky Heart, in the simple phrase: clothe yourself in Christ. Or as St. Paul put it:

…put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh. (Rom 13:14)

I want to wrap those writings together, to give you a simple image and vision of what Jesus asks of you and me. For many are the letters I receive that echo what I’ve written in The Rocky Heart… that we want to be holy, but grieve that we fall so short of holiness. It’s often because we strive to be a butterfly before entering the cocoon…

 

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