Jesus as Teacher

 "You call me teacher and Lord---and you are right, for that is what I am."  --John13:13

I enjoy visiting living museums where you can see how people used to live in past centuries.  This photo of a school room was taken at Old Bedford Village in Pennsylvania.  

Jesus as a Friend

🎵What a Friend We Have in Jesus🎵

 "No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing.  But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you."  -  John 15:15

Best Friends

Last month I shared from Diana Butler Bass's book, "Freeing Jesus - Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence".  You can read that HERE if you missed it.  This month I'll share what she has to say about Jesus as a friend, as well as my own experiences.  

The Benefits of Receiving God's Gift

 "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." - John 3:16

Sign on the old oak tree along the gravel road at my grandparents' farm in the 1960s

I was listening to Andrew Farley's video entitled "What are the benefits of Jesus right now?"  and began thinking about my life in Christ.  

Light of the World

"You are the light of the world...." -Matthew 5:14 

Photo credit:  Ben Schultz

Perfectionism

"...by a single offering [Jesus] has made perfect for all time those who are being made holy."  --Hebrews 10:14

I've been reading a book about the Perfectionist personality. A Perfectionist is someone who "refuses to except any standard short of perfection."  When I'm in an airplane I want the pilot to be a perfectionist.  If I need an operation, I want my doctor to be a perfectionist.  

Hush!

 ...Jesus rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace!  Be Still!...

-Mark 4:39

Changing Views

 "....Let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God..." - Exodus 3:18

This was the view out my hospital room, the second morning I'd been there.  The first night into the morning hours was spent in a windowless emergency room.  This was definitely an improvement, and oddly enough, I felt as though I was on a vacation!  We've hardly gone anywhere since the Pandemic started and not at all anywhere overnight since last October.  Having a new view out my window when I woke up that morning was a welcomed change, though I would have much preferred watching the sun rise over some lovely ocean view.  

Where The Kingdom of God Can Be Found

🎶You Are My All in All🎶

"The time has come," [Jesus] said.  "The kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the Good News."  --Mark 1:15

"Jesus built a bridge from the dregs of Earth to the heart of God, and beckons us to cross it with him.  Christ's kingdom was not of this world."  --Alan Cohen

From Forgiveness to New Life

 

During this Easter weekend I wanted to share three posts from 2012, my first year of blogging:

Forgiveness

Guarding the Tomb

This is a depiction of the soldiers guarding Jesus' tomb taken from the children's Bible my parents gave to me when I was three:

Resurrection

May God's abundant blessings be awakened in you today! 💗

Breath of Life

"....[Jesus] breathed on them and said, 'Receive the Holy Spirit.'"  --John 20:22

"I am seeing more and more that we begin to learn what it is to walk by faith when we learn to spread out all that is against us -- all our physical weakness, loss of mental power, spiritual inability, all that is against us inwardly and outwardly -- as sails to the wind and expect them to be vehicles for the power of Christ to rest upon us.  It is so simple and self-evident, but so long in the learning."  Lilias Trotter, 22 August 1902

The Saga of the Mouse

 "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." 

-Matthew 19:26

Pop Quiz Time

"But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of your hand."  -Isaiah 64:8