Topics:<\/b> Brokenness; Cross; Grace; Prayer<\/p>\n
References:<\/b> Romans 5:12\u201321; Ephesians 2:1\u201310<\/p>\n
I had stacked some rocks out at this little place in the woods, a place I had gone to pray, desperate for God to do something, to show up, or to have some sort of breakthrough. As I was praying, I remember smelling cedar so strong it distracted me from my prayer.<\/p>\n
I looked around to see this little cedar tree that had been snapped in half from my stepping in there. That was where the smell was coming from. It was a tangible sign of grace. I wrote down on a little notepad \u201cthe fragrance of the broken.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Steven Curtis Chapman in CCM<\/i> (July 1999)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Topics: Brokenness; Cross; Grace; Prayer References: Romans 5:12\u201321; Ephesians 2:1\u201310 I had stacked some rocks out at this little place in the woods, a place I had gone to pray, desperate for God to do something, to show up, or to have some sort of breakthrough. As I was praying, I remember smelling cedar so … Continue reading “FRAGRANCE
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