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1279 days ago
" Jesus wept." He is a God of emotion, and I am sure that His heart breaks at the choices of His creation
1288 days ago
If you have visited my space I would like to know who you are and if you found anything intresting here. If not what can I do to make it better.....thanks!1291 days ago
" I tell you the truth, today you will be with Me in Paradise." Luke 23:43 What did the thief on the cross do to warrant help? He wasted his life...who was he to beg for forgiveness? He pubicly scoffed at Jesus. What right did he have to pray...."Jesus remember me when you come into Your Kingdom"? Do you really want to know the truth? He had the same right as you do to pray....In his place, that is you and me on that cross next to Jesus. Naked, desolate, hopeless and left alone to die. That is us. That is us asking, for Jesus to remember us...We do not boast, we do not produce any list of accomplishments. Any sacrifice on our part appears silly when placed before God on a cross...We like the thief , have one more prayer. And we, like the thief, pray. And we, like the thief, hear the voice of grace. "Being made right with God by His grace, we could have the hope of receiving the life that never ends." Titus 3:7 You may be a ...
1307 days ago
I can't understand it. I honestly cannnot. Why did Jesus die on the cross? Oh, I know, I know. I have heard the official answers. "To gratify the old law." "To fulfill prophecy." And these answers are right. But there is something more here. Something very compassionate. Something yearning. Something personal. What is it? Could it be that His heart was broken for all the people who cast despairing eyes toward the dark heavens and cry the same "WHY!"? Could it be that His heart was broken for the hurting? I imagine Him bending close to those that hurt. I imagine Him listening. I picture His eyes misting and a pierced hand brushing away a tear....He who wa alone...understands. The greek word for compassion is splanchnizomai, which won't mean anything to you unless you studied it in the health profession. If so, you remember that "splanchnology" is the study of the gut. When Matthew writes that Jesus has compassion on the people, he is ...
