There is nothing that argues more for our desperate need for God’s love and grace than the two greatest commandments: 37You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ 38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’…
There are many struggles in life. We most likely learned that challenges can be actual lessons for us or an opportunity to support others in our life as they learn or grow through something. I know in my life, when I am in a difficult situation and I know I am being tested, I just…
In life we go through day to day interactions with a variety of people. Depending on the day of the week and our commitments, we have many dialogs and conversations. In the midst of conversations and interactions we get put into positions to either ask or be asked to do things. It is just part…
Moses was sensitive toward people who were oppressed by stronger forces. So sensitive, in fact, the reason he was at the well was because he intervened to stop the abuse of a slave and then ran away when things spiraled out of control. This notwithstanding, when he saw abuse again, he stepped in to help.…
In Luke chapter 5 we are given a narrative of a moment along the shore of the lake of Gennesaret… 1On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, 2 and he saw two boats by the lake, but the…
Intentionality Just like ending a study, retiring from a job and ultimately, living our life; we make decisions, We make plans, we are giving dreams and opportunities, but when the story is done, it will come back to how we lived life. How we received interactions within this life and how we interacted. While we…
Sage The stage of Sage is one of those that we truly want to receive but kind of shy away in being. But yet each of us go through the stage of being a sage, and some times our approach to the stage results in the quality of Sage we end up being. If this…
I know it is true about me, and I know it is true about you. There is more about us than we reveal or even know ourselves. Just like an iceberg, we might be visible to many, but that is just the “tip of the iceberg”. Even the people closest to use know about some…
King To be king, is to have authority and dominion over something. For some of us, we learned from a king, how to rule and govern as king. Yet for many others of us, we were thrust into a role we were unprepared for. If this weeks discussion is new to you or you don’t…
Lover For those that had a bit of resistance this week on the topic of “lover”. It would be most amusing if we were all truthful with what the reading revealed to each of us. Most likely we were waiting to turn the page and learn about all the things we needed to do…