“Things are sweeter when they’re lost. I know–because once I wanted something and got it. It was the only thing I ever wanted badly, Dot. And when I got it, it turned to dust in my hands….Because desire just cheats you.” –Anthony Patch in The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald Black Friday isContinue reading “Desire Cheats You”
Author Archives: Natalie Revesz
Die to Live
Here is another message I gave this past week in my Message Preparation for Women class. Once again, even though it was intended for my fellow classmates, I hope all can benefit from the promise in God’s word that pain and death don’t have to be meaningless. In a year as discouraging and, in aContinue reading “Die to Live”
Judgment of the Flowers
Winding, bending, world-condemning, Flowers quietly proclaiming: “End of Babel, end of Rome, Every empire comes and goes.” . They break free of our weak constraints, Fences won’t control their grace, Leaping nearer to the sky, Towering over you and I. . These gentle rebels, free of wrath, Hungrily consume our paths, They crown themselves withContinue reading “Judgment of the Flowers”
A Hunger for Righteousness
The following is a message that I presented for my Message Preparation for Women course this semester at Moody. While it is written for an audience of college-aged women living and studying in Chicago, I feel that this message is pertinent for all of us as we continue to face the question of what pursuingContinue reading “A Hunger for Righteousness”
Gravity
A silent rope, intangible, Is holding you to me, It proves distance surmountable, And breaks our star-crossed theme. . It binds our time as dear ones fast, And melds us into one, This cosmic bond can surely last, When days so near are gone. . Life can drag to forking paths, Those most inclined toContinue reading “Gravity”
A Prayer for Chicago
Lord, All we see right now is shattered glass, shattered lives, a shattered city. We’re being smashed to bits by lies, Twisted truth, Our choice to forfeit reality, Unwilling to unearth truth from its grave, Where we left it to die so our pride would not be injured. . Save us from lawlessness, From ourContinue reading “A Prayer for Chicago”
Pause
“Passion…will have all now, but Patience is willing to wait.” –John Bunyan, Pilgrim’s Progress Hustle. Hurry. Immediacy. Impertinence. Now or never. Next things and cheap rings. Passion keeps pushing. . Yet, . Could there be a value– A wealth, a fortune, even– In waiting? Warding off vanities with Delayed gratifications. A simmering rumble expounded toContinue reading “Pause”
Where Sinners Go
God loves the humble and the low, He dines with them, where sinners go. He sides with them, He took their place, He lifts them from their forced disgrace. – He’ll use the weak to shame the strong, Because they’ve known it all along: The secret is to be in need– Oppression’s cuff is justice’sContinue reading “Where Sinners Go”
As Good As Dead
They look at a man As good as dead: Hanging from the gallows, Condemned unpardonably, Hated by all, Covered in shame, Guilty in the courts, Life slipping from his lungs. – Another criminal crushed by justice. Another Friday for the executioner. Another rebel put to rest. – The crowd says, “Save yourself!” Knowing it won’tContinue reading “As Good As Dead”
The City Part 5: The Man Who Entered Through Judah’s Gate
As I’ve noted throughout this series, cities are complex places, displaying all shades of reality–best to worst. The New Jerusalem (as described in Revelation 21), however, is the eternal city that we look forward to as Christians that will not be plagued by systemic racism, corrupt leadership, anger, pain, or any other kind of evil.Continue reading “The City Part 5: The Man Who Entered Through Judah’s Gate”
