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From their Perspective
I always try to take the stories from the bible, and put them into a modern context. To try and make them more real. To put the faces of humanity as I know them into those 2 dimensional stories, and round them out into something more relateable. Something I can connect to, rather than just words on a page. I was driving to work, when I began to think about Jesus. We are quick to condemn the religious people of the day for the way they did not see who he was - after all, they'
Lion and Lamb
There's a line that passed through my mind this morning - "the lion will lay down with the lamb." It's supposed to be an image of what it will be like when God recreates this world - how things we recognise at threats here, will no longer be that way. But I was surprised to find there is no such verse in the Bible! The actual verse is Isaiah 11:6 "The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened
Loved and Whole
Help me to live from each moment, as though the past did not exist. Fresh and new and alive and whole in your love which completely satisfies. No regrets, no failures, no trauma to drag me down. Just you. Pure and beautiful. Filling me to overflowing with the love that you are. So that that is what touches those around me. ❤️ No photo credit
He Rests
The great battle ended with the words "It is finished." It looked like the end of the best thing that had ever happened to us. It looked like the end of hope. His limp body was carefully removed from the cross and carried as precious cargo by friends who loved him deeply. To a place of rest. He had earned it. He had fought with courage, and had not failed. His work was done. On Sabbath, the day of rest, he lay quietly and at peace. No photo credit
"so..."
How big is that word - "so"?! I see Jesus, sweet and beautiful, and perfect in a world so degraded that they couldn't see the perfection! Living amongst us, and walking our lives to reveal the purest love ever known. And then purposefully moving ever closer to traumatic pain and anguish - knowing in advance what was coming! He was human. He felt as you and I would. He was overwhelmed to the point of sweating blood at the thought of what was coming! And he deserved none of it!
Where are Your Eyes?
I look at myself and I get so discouraged. I want so much to be like the beautiful heart that is Jesus, and yet I know so many times I am not. I know there is selfishness in me that rises up, over and over. You'd think, after all these years of being his, that being like him would get easier. Instead, I am aware, more and more, of how far short I am. The thing is, that's where Satan wants my eyes - on me. On my failures. It brings me down so that my heart shrinks away from my
The Scars
I mowed a little too deeply in one strip of our lawn yesterday. Right down the middle of the lawn! I know it will very quickly recover and look like the rest, but sitting here, looking over my garden, my eyes return over and over to that strip! It's like the rest of the beauty laid out before me fades into insignificance, while my eyes are drawn to the scar. It seems to be our way as humans. Our brain notices the anomaly. Before it appreciates anything else! And we tend to no
Kinsman-Redeemer
I love the concept of the Kinsman-Redeemer. In ancient Jewish law, if someone fell into debt they couldn't pay, anything could be taken from them to pay the debt! Including their children! Or their own freedom if they were sent to prison for it. If a woman's husband died, she could lose everything. Generally, property was passed through the males of the family. Women were totally dependent on the provisions of the men in their homes. Into these situations stepped the Kinsman-
Looking Back...
Many people say "Have no regrets." I look back on my life and I'm afraid that doesn't work for me. I do have regrets. Things I wish I hadn't done. Or had done differently. I recognise that I have a part in some of the biggest struggles in my life. As much as I try to do things right, I'm human, and I often react poorly. We humans do have a tendency for that. I understand why people say "Have no regrets". It's so that we don't get trapped in the past, constantly dragged down
Two Trees
In the Garden of Eden were two trees. One was the Tree of Life. Eating from that tree brought nourishment and healing, and the quiet contentment that comes with knowing that all is well. The other tree was the Tree of Knowledge - all knowledge - both good and evil! They represented, then, a choice. Do I trust in the wisdom and nurture of God? Or do I take that drive to "know", and just run with it? We all know the answer to that original story. They chose to know. And the res
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