“Asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he said in reply, “the coming of the kingdom of God cannot be observed, and no one will announce, ‘Look, here it is,’ or ‘There it is.’ For behold, the kingdom of God is among you.” Luke 17:20-21Being Palm Sunday, the obvious thing to…

“Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness,for theirs is the kingdom of God” Matthew 5: 7-10Help me hear what you…

“Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land.Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,for they will be satisfied” Matthew 5:5-6But wait! There’s more! Jesus promised more! I couldn’t walk away, because there is a sermon going on. Blessed are the meek…who are the meek? Are the meek the ones who are…

“Blessed are the poor in spirit,for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted.” Matthew 5:3-4Some days just lend themselves to sad news…and I guess today is one of them. I am hearing left and right of loss and pain and I am unable to process it all….

“Give ear, listen humbly,for the Lord speaks.Give glory to the Lord, your God,before it grows dark;Before your feet stumbleon darkening mountains;Before the light you look for turns to darkness,changes into black clouds.If you do not listen to this in your pride,I will weep in secret many tears;my eyes will run with tearsfor the Lord’s flock…

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John 1:1The Word. I have been sitting within the Word for more often then usual thanks to this blog. I am enjoying it. Just sitting in the Word. John takes the words of Genesis and replays them in…

“Turning to the disciples in private he said, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. For I say to you, many prophets and kings have desired to see what you see but did not see it, and hear what you hear, but did not hear it.” Luke 10:23-24This is written differently than in…

“He took away our infirmities and bore our diseases” Matthew 8:17This is actually a quote from Isaiah 53:4, that is put into the passage to illustrate that Jesus is the promised one. Today this quote is fitting as much of the talk has been about health. Poor Bill is sick, Cheryl is sick and the…

“Have we not all the one Father? Has not the one God created us? Why then do we break faith with each other, violating the covenant of our fathers?” Malachi 2:10This is something to think about. When we are angry and put out, why do we break faith? Lent is a good time to examine…

“Shout joyfully to the Lord, all you lands;worship the Lord with cries of gladness;come before him with joyful song.Know that the Lord is Godour maker to whom we belong,whose people we are, God’s well tended flock.Enter the temple gates with praise,its courts with thanksgiving.Give thanks to God, bless his name;good indeed is the Lord,Whose love…