Daily I watch as people judge… people hate… people treat those different than them with dis-respect. I listen as they blame the condition of the world on everyone else, but themselves. “You don’t believe the way I do, so you have to be wrong.” “You’re liberal and I’m conservative so you’re wrong.” “You don’t follow…
Do you live in the house of fear or the house of love? Christ calls us to unbridled love for all those around us. Love of not only the people that are easy but the people that are hard. Do you have love in your heart for the terrorist you see on the news? …
As he met God for the first time it took him by surprise. God was not what he imagined and certainly not what he spent his life thinking. As God hugged him he couldn’t help but proclaim. “You’re not what I expected” To which God replied “What were you looking for?” He said “Someone more…
My eyes have not beheld what my heart so clearly sees. Daily I reach for you… knowing that your hand will be there to guide me. To welcome me. I rest in the comfort that your light will shine… to lead… where my life must follow. That your love will bring freedom to my soul,…
Jesus wept! It’s hard to think of Jesus crying. We cry… We cry over loved ones lost. We cry because our lack of faith brings doubt about if we all see them again. But Jesus wept! Jesus knew the outcome. Jesus knew the power he had. Jesus knew he would bring his…
Do you ever feel burdened by something you know burdens Christ? Does your heart hurt for things you know hurt Jesus’ heart? We had stopped in an ice cream store to celebrate a blessing God had given. He came in the front door. A young man… attractive… but with ragged clothes, and a look that…
To have him look at me!! Can you feel him look at you? Do you feel the penetrating love of those eyes? Matthew had seen him from afar. He had witnessed miracles. As a tax collector he wanted to know more of this man Peter called Jesus. Then it happened! Christ stopped and looked…
Thirty seven times. Thirty Seven!! H2O became wine. Evil spirits ran in fear. Fish jumped into nets at his calling. Leprosy vanished with a touch. Small fish and simple bread fed thousands with a thought. Walking on water – no problem. Blindness vanished with a little spit and mud. Even a simple touch of…
Oh how I love being your child! Each morning I am offered a new day to love and praise you. A new day to talk to you. To marvel at your love. The world and its’ parade tries to still our time. Hurry from here to there. This phone call and that meeting. All the…