Something happens to me every single year during Holy Week. I become quiet, pensive, and reflective. I read those last chapters of The Gospels. I ponder and pray John 17.
And, without fail, I remember Malchus. You know the one hot-headed Peter sliced his ear off in the Garden. He was a soldier in the troop who came to arrest Jesus.
Remember him?
I don’t know about you but if someone sliced my ear off with a sword and the person standing in front of me reached over and either picked my ear up off the ground or lifted the dangling organ and attached it back onto my head – I’d say I’d be pretty blown away.
Hello?
Malchus. I honestly do not think for a moment that he didn’t leave that place a changed man.
A Malchus moment.
Have you ever had one?
- What about the time your friend had cancer and you circled around her and cried out to the Lord for healing – her cancer was gone.
- Or, how about the time you leaned over the checkout and embraced a friend and asked her if you could pray – 3 weeks later she comes back to tell you the mass is GONE.
- Maybe when your son is driving home in a falling-apart car with no money and that gas tank never empties?
- What about the time someone left a bagful of groceries when you didn’t know how you’d feed your kids that night?
- Or, when you feel so darn hopeless and helpless and a card arrives in the mail, “I’m praying for you, friend.”
These are Malchus moments. You know that you know something has shifted. Someone has touched you and you are changed.
Don’t miss them. Don’t question them.
Turn around, clutch your ear and be transformed!
xo
If you have a Malchus moment you’d like to share, please…
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YES! Malchus moments!! Miracle moments! Our God lives! He is very much alive and still a miracle moving God!!! Wonderful post! I love this reminder! Thank you! Blessings to you!
I connected with you on twitter as well! Wonderful to “meet” you 🙂
Danise, so glad to meet you also! Blessings!
Such a great insight! And thanks for the reminder to look for and celebrate our own Malchus moments.
Barbara, always looking for those!
Wow…such cool Malchus moments! You have me thinking about my Lenten practice of praying through my FB friend’s list. There have been times over the last five years where Malchus moments have indeed occurred. I think of the time I prayed for a friend and her husband as they were trying to have a baby. Now they have a little girl. I could share so many other stories too. I am so thankful for these moments in my own life too.
Tara, I’d love to hear those stories. They are FAITH BUILDERS!!!
So Much Amen!!! Love this post!
And, so many thanks! Karrilee. 😉
I LOVE this!! Experiencing so many of these transforming moments right now! I think sometimes we get to moving SO fast, we forget about these moments that started our movement to begin with. Great post!
Amen, Bethany, at times we need to STOP and remember our Malchus moments. I think journaling is the tool to help us remember.
I’ve never called them Malchus moments, but I can totally relate! Miracles about in my life, and I try to always remember them–to remember the journey and the grace and that I have a loving Father who orchestrates each one.
The journey of grace, love that, Anita.
Love this insight! Hope your week is full of moments that change you. Thanks for linking up at #ThreeWordWednesday.
Thank you for hosting, Kristin!
As I was watching ‘The Passion of The Christ Today”, I relived the very thing you have been talking about. The healing of Malchus’s ear, how could he not be changed, as all of us have been after we have met the Savior. Every day is a miracle.
Happy Resurrection Day
Shalom
Shalom, Sandy, and again I say, Shalom.
Love this, if we would be still we would see a Miracle every day. When I get to heaven there is so much I want to thank our Lord for. But first I just want to bathe his feet in my tears to praise and thank him. This is beautiful, thank you honey
HM, He will probably wash yours.
Susan, amen! Yes, I so agree with everything you’ve written in this wonderful post! To God be the glory, great things He has done! I’m standing right there in awe and worship with Malchus…only God…thanking Him this morning for knitting us together through A Feathered Nest and how you connected me to LifeNotes: A LifeLetter Cafe blog…sweet friend, thank you ❤️
Oh yes, Beth, blessed!
Love this! Those time we’re touched by the hand of God. We can’t walk away unmoved. Yet, I wonder what it took for this moment to really sink in for Malchus and what did he do with his story? What do we do with our stories – and are we sharing them?
Kathryn, you should check out my “between the lines” story written from Malchus’ viewpoint.
Thanks for reminding us of this wonderful story from the Bible. Hoping these holy days of Easter are blessed and wishing you a joyful Easter
You too, Ali!
Oh my!!!! Love this!!!! I’ve had several Malchus moments. One that stands out is the Saturday morning last year I prayed and asked the Lord to please send a friend to my son Simon. Not just any little boy, but a nice one with similar hobbies and a passion for Jesus. You know moms, one of those good kids to spend time with my child. Well later that day a local man (actually grew up in the house where we live….God) and his 6th grade little boy stopped by on their bikes while we were outside. Yes you guessed it!!!! He was the one sent by Him, the miracle maker!!!! My heart spilled over with thanksgiving and praise!! Man, Jesus is awesome!!!!! Right on time.
Definitely a Malchus-moment, Marn’…God is always on time and on location!!!
Have had so many Malchus moments in my life. And I need to remember them even when it isn’t the Resurrection Season.
We must remember them, sister.
So simple yet so profound. So clear and yet so deep. Every day we live, we LIVE the Resurrection that took place in us at that moment of change. It’s supernatural. It can’t be bought or sold. It can’t be earned or given by another human being. It comes from heaven, from the One who mastered hell, death and the grave. As James Macdonald has been saying over and over these past few days, “Christians never die”. We fall asleep in the arms of the greatest Lover history, the present & the future has ever or will ever know. And, He chose us. He saw us in the ragged crowd weak and small and sin-scarred and said I want to eat supper at your house today. A trillion million zillion thanks will never touch the surface of the unbelieveable GRACE the Grace-Filled One has shown to me, and to all of us who go by His name: Family.
Amen, Kitty, amen.
Love this…thanks for sharing the encouragement with us at #RaRaLinkup!
Thanks for dropping by Angela.