{"id":172,"date":"2017-09-30T12:25:08","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T12:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=172"},"modified":"2019-12-10T08:44:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T13:44:27","slug":"chasm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2017\/09\/30\/chasm\/","title":{"rendered":"Chasm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><i>\u201cAnd besides, there is a great chasm separating us. No one can cross over to you from here, and no one can cross over to us from there.\u2019\u201d Luke 16:26<\/i><\/b><br \/>\nI had the most incredible evening last night, and the most spiritual. \u00a0A friend invited my husband and I to go see the Psycadelic Furs with him. \u00a0He\u2019s in the music industry, my husband used to be in the music industry. \u00a0I went along for the ride.<br \/>\nBecause of his position, our friend is granted VIP access. \u00a0It is the first time I have ever experienced what it is like behind the scenes in the music industry.<br \/>\nAt first, I have to admit, I was nervous. \u00a0It reminded me of where I used to be before I started following Jesus. \u00a0Then the truth settled in as I remembered, I\u2019m not that person any more. \u00a0I am new in Christ.<br \/>\nWe had a bird\u2019s eye view. \u00a0I stood at the gap looking over the crowd to my left, the stage to my right. \u00a0As I gazed out over the people one thought prevailed in my head, \u201cThey need Jesus.\u201d \u00a0I started thinking this is exactly where Jesus would be, loving on these people. \u00a0I realized I had the opportunity to love on these people who I normally would never have met or seen. \u00a0I\u2019m not a music girl, I never really have been. \u00a0I can count the number of concerts I\u2019ve been to on two hands.<br \/>\nBut God had brought me here. \u00a0Not only did He bring me here, but He had given me a unique view. \u00a0The chasm between the stage. \u00a0It reminded me of the distance between heaven and hell. \u00a0I kept looking at the people to the left, how desperately they wanted to be on the stage, yet they couldn\u2019t get there.<br \/>\nI\u2019m grateful for us. \u00a0We have a way of getting there. \u00a0Jesus created the way for us. \u00a0He is the bridge which we walk across to our eternity. \u00a0Praise be to God!<br \/>\nAs I stood there, asking God the best way I could love these people? \u00a0I realized it was by praying for them. \u00a0I asked God to help them cross the chasm. \u00a0I prayed they would all come to know Jesus. \u00a0I asked Him to bring people into their lives who would introduce them to Jesus. \u00a0I prayed they would all be with me in heaven. \u00a0They would all meet my Cody boy one day who is already there.<br \/>\nIt was powerful! \u00a0I asked the Lord not to let me forget what He showed me last night. \u00a0I don\u2019t want to ever forget how far the Lord as brought me. \u00a0I\u2019m so thankful He reminded me.<br \/>\nGod rocks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAnd besides, there is a great chasm separating us. No one can cross over to you from here, and no one can cross over to us from there.\u2019\u201d Luke 16:26 I had the most incredible evening last night, and the most spiritual. \u00a0A friend invited my husband and I to go see the Psycadelic Furs&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2017\/09\/30\/chasm\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chasm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1590,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172\/revisions\/1590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}