One thing we pray: to see the hand of God at work in our lives.
No greater joy than to see the hand of the Lord working on our behalf. 🙏
A travel day. The Benimar on the Route du Mont-Saint-Michel. And the pilgrim reads Romans 12: present your bodies a living sacrifice.
Le's prayer: to see the hand of God at work. That IS Romans 12:1 lived. The living sacrifice offered — the joy is seeing Him work. The renewed mind can see what the conformed mind misses. The apartment sold — His hand. The crossing — His hand. Brittany — His hand. Mont-Saint-Michel — His hand.
No greater joy. The greatest joy is not understanding the doctrine. It is seeing the hand.
"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service."
"Je vous exhorte donc, frères, par les compassions de Dieu, à offrir vos corps comme un sacrifice vivant, saint, agréable à Dieu, ce qui sera de votre part un culte raisonnable."
Romains 12:1 · Louis Segond"Therefore." The third great "therefore." 5:1: peace. 8:1: no condemnation. 12:1: present yourselves. Eleven chapters of gospel: now live it.
"By the mercies of God." Oiktirmōn. One word for chapters 1-11. Le knows it: I was mercied. By those mercies — present yourself.
"A living sacrifice." Not dead — alive. Le's mornings. The devotionals. The journal. Every day, offered.
"Reasonable service." Logikēn latreian. After being mercied — this is the reasonable response.
"And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God."
"Ne vous conformez pas au siècle présent, mais soyez transformés par le renouvellement de l'intelligence, afin que vous discerniez quelle est la volonté de Dieu, ce qui est bon, agréable et parfait."
Romains 12:2 · Louis Segond"Conformed." Syschēmatizō — pressed into the world's mold. "Transformed." Metamorphousthe — metamorphosis. Not improved — transformed from within.
"Renewing of your mind." This Romans study — fifteen entries — has been the renewing.
"That you may prove." The renewed mind discerns. We see different paths and trust God to lead. The transformed mind sees the hand.
"We, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them."
"Ainsi, nous qui sommes plusieurs, nous formons un seul corps en Christ, et nous sommes tous membres les uns des autres. Puisque nous avons des dons différents, selon la grâce qui nous a été accordée, que celui qui a le don de prophétie l'exerce selon l'analogie de la foi."
Romains 12:5-6 · Louis Segond"Not to think more highly." Le: I didn't graduate. Sober thinking.
"One body, many members." Not isolated — connected. Members of one another.
"He who shows mercy, with cheerfulness." Hilarotēti. Mercy with JOY. Le's spirit — warm, joyful — mercy with cheerfulness. The journal — not obligation, but overflow.
Le's gift: exhortation. Paraklēsis. Every entry. Every testimony. Encouragement overflowing from the guarded heart. 🙏
"One thing we pray: to see the hand of God at work in our lives. No greater joy than to see the hand of the Lord working on our behalf."
Le · Beauvoir, Route du Mont-Saint-Michel · September 8, 2026 · A living sacrifice — the doctrine becomes the life, the mercies become the offering, the joy is in seeing His handLiving Sacrifice
Not dead — alive. Not obligation — reasonable. By the mercies of God. The daily offering.
Transformed
Metamorphosis — not improved, transformed. The renewed mind discerns. See the hand of God.
One Body
Many members, one body. Gifts differing. Not isolated — connected. Members of one another.
Mercy with Cheerfulness
Hilarotēti — mercy with joy. The journal — not obligation, but overflow from the heart.