Tag Archives: bible

Living the Law is Living Love and Righteousness

Our readings for Wednesday in the Third Week of Lent comes from Deuteronomy 4:5-10, and Matthew 5:17-19. In Matthew, obeying the commands of God is paramount. Jesus says he has come to fulfill the law. Fulfilling the law says to … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Rest is God’s Gift: a sacred Practice and Spiritual Experience

There’s a song that says‘Hush little baby, don’t you cry.You know, your mama was born to dieall my trials Lord, will soon be over.’ The song is burdensome and the people involved could do with a respite. As I read … Continue reading

Posted in Devotional, Religion | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A Collision of Thoughts and Beliefs:

“For all this his anger has not turned away; his hand is stretched out still. Woe to those who make iniquitous decrees, who write oppressive statutes, to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my … Continue reading

Posted in Devotional, Religion | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Love Unconditionally

Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice … Continue reading

Posted in Devotional, Religion | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Third lesson from Bartimaeus: Take Heart – the Power of Recognition and Compassion

Jesus stood still and said, “Call him here.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart; get up, he is calling you.” Mark 10:49 In our story on Bartimaeus, when Jesus acknowledges and calls him out, the … Continue reading

Posted in Devotional, Religion | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Speaking Truth with Love: A Call to Emotional and Spiritual Maturity

We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine by people’s trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming; but speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way … Continue reading

Posted in Devotional, Religion | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment