Month: April 2020
We Are Loved
I celebrated a birthday this week. My husband made me an awesome dinner. And my son and daughter-in-law brought their 2 children over. (Don’t worry. We practiced social distancing). They made me a big poster with letters to me and their drawings. And my eldest stepson and daughter-in-law and my 3 adult grandchildren and soon… Read More ›
Were Not Our Hearts Burning?
Then they said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning (within us) while he spoke to us on the way and opened the scriptures to us?” – Luke 24:32 “Were not our hearts burning?” Sometimes my heart burns when I hear Jesus’ voice. I hear Him in different ways. Maybe a word in a… Read More ›
The Gift of the Spirit
For the one whom God sent speaks the words of God. He does not ration his gift of the Spirit. – John 3:34 “He does not ration his gift of the Spirit.” I love that. God does not “ration” the Spirit. God does not hold anything back. He gives us His all. He gives us… Read More ›
Have No Fear
Jesus answered and said to him, “Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.” – John 3:3 I’ll Nicodemus came to Jesus at night. He wanted to talk to him. He wanted to learn from him. There was something about Jesus that touched Nicodemus… Read More ›
Do We Believe?
Jesus said to him, “Have you come to believe because you have seen me?r Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.” – John 20:29 Faith. Faith is a gift. A gift from God. We do not earn it. We receive it whether or not we deserve it. We may not have seen… Read More ›
Jesus Calls Us
Jesus said to them, “Come, have breakfast.” And none of the disciples dared to ask him, “Who are you?” because they realized it was the Lord. – John 21:12 The more time we spend with Jesus, the more we recognize Him in our everyday life. Like any relationship we have, we can only know Jesus… Read More ›
Holy Saturday
“Then they went away quickly from the tomb, fearful yet overjoyed, and ran to announce this to his disciples.” – Matthew 28:8 Fear. It is mentioned several times in this gospel passage. The angel said – “Do not be afraid.” The guards were shaken with fear of Him. The disciples were fearful but overjoyed. And… Read More ›
Good Friday
When Jesus had taken the wine, he said, “It is finished.” And bowing his head, he handed over the spirit. – John 19:30 It is now the early morning of Holy Saturday. I have been reflecting all day on Good Friday. Here we all are, in the middle of this pandemic, living in what we… Read More ›
Jesus Loves
He loved his own in the world and he loved them to the end. – John 13:1 Jesus loved His own and loved them to the end. I wonder how I would have felt if Jesus came to wash my feet. Probably unworthy. Uncomfortable. Peter did not want Jesus to wash his feet. I can… Read More ›
Jesus and Peter
Peter said to him, “Master, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.” – Mt 13:37 Peter, Peter, Peter. We all know, of course, that Peter will deny Jesus three times. But we still love him, because many of us are a lot like him. I would like to… Read More ›
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