Let me ask you something… We’ve just come away from this season of Lent, Holy Week, the Crucifixion, Sad Saturday, and Resurrection morning. Let’s really think about this. The final months of the Son of Man’s life was spent teaching the people about the Kingdom of God. Holy Week began with palms waving and people… [Read More]
Heaven
Quietude: Resurrection Sonday 2017
Today, there are many who are still looking. Still searching. Still seeking. Still yearning. For an empty place to be filled. But… the greatest moment of empty this world has ever known happened two thousand plus years ago in a garden tomb where the Son of Man was laid. Battered. Stripped. Beaten. Pierced. Broken. Where,… [Read More]
Five Minute Friday: EMPTY!
No Twitter party for me last night – the app wasn’t working properly so I left. This morning I check-in at Kate’s place and see the word chosen for the Five Minute Friday challenge this week. And, it’s a good one. 00:00 A word that signifies depletion or hopelessness. I was empty and undone. Have you… [Read More]
Gethsemane
The following is Day 38 in “40 Days of Lent – the people, places, and events of the Passion.” Titled: Gethsemane Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, “Sit here while I go and pray over there.” And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee,… [Read More]
Quietude: April 9 2017
A man of sorrows. And we did not care. Those are the words in Isaiah 53 that bring me great pause. Why is it we think of Jesus as our beautiful One? The Word tells us He was “nothing much to look at.” Easy on the eyes? No, not our Jesus. Then, why? Why does God… [Read More]
Five Minute Friday: ENOUGH
Last night was one of those nights! 9 p.m. and I dropped in to the Twitter five minute friday party only to find our party had been crashed with twitter trash. I’ll spare the details. I didn’t stay because my eyelids were in rebellion to any form of light – so I deep dove under… [Read More]
Book Review: The Women of Easter by Liz Curtis Higgs
The Women of Easter: Encounter the Savior with Mary of Bethany, Mary of Nazareth, and Mary Magdalene by Liz Curtis Higgs My rating: 5 of 5 stars It’s no secret I love Liz Higgs! I love her writing, her speaking, her kind and caring heart, and her great sense of humor. The Women of Easter… [Read More]
Quietude: April 2 2017
Hebrews 12 When quoting scripture, context is everything. Let’s look at Hebrews 12.2 in context. Right before the verse in the graphic, we read this: Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that… [Read More]