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W EEK LY WOR D FOR DAILY LIVING
The creators and mechanics have brought the car back to its
original state by rebuilding, repairing, and respraying. However,
they have also upgraded the 50-year-old car. The stunning red
glossy Ford Escort with a white strip now has a bigger and better
engine. The red car is ‘a thing of beauty and a joy forever’ (John
Keats, poet, 1795–1821). Cars like this sell today for over £32,000.
Restored and Revived
To restore means to bring back to the original state. It means to
bring dignity. To be revived means to come or bring back life
or strength. The purpose of this book is to enable people to be
restored and revived by His grace and Holy Spirit. And as in the
case of the Ford Escort, to be more beautiful than ever before.
The Lord says:
So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has
eaten, the crawling locust, the consuming locust, and the chewing
locust, My great army which I sent among you.
Joel 2:25 (NKJV)
Kintsugi, Japanese Gold Repair
Kintsugi is the Japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces
together with a gold liquid. It is an art that is more than 400 years
old. It not only restores and revives broken pottery, but the final
article is more beautiful with its scars.
Treasure in Fragile Clay Jars
We who belong to and know Jesus have His light and life and His
Holy Spirit living in our hearts. In our lives. His presence is within
our fragile clay ‘jars’.You have treasure within. Treasure in earthen
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