Category: Meditation
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On Dry Land
“I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me forever; yet you brought up my life from the Pit, O Lord my God.” Jonah 2:6 (NRSV) There is no place you can go where God cannot find you. Whether the belly of a whale or the filthy floors of barroom bathrooms, He will…
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Pick Up Your Mat and Walk
Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” – John 5:8 (NIV) In the opening of Chapter 5 of the Gospel of John, Jesus heals a man who had “been an invalid for thirty-eight years” (5:5). The big deal to the Jews that were present for this event was that…
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Come to Life
“And that is precisely what Christianity is about. This world is a great sculptor’s shop. We are the statues and there is a rumor going round the shop that some of us are some day going to come to life.” – C.S. Lewis Come to life. What does that mean, exactly? For me, it is…
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Through the Lenses of God’s Love
“We must learn to see our circumstances through God’s love, and not God’s love through our circumstances.” – Unknown Often when I read something that makes my mind stop monkeying around, I immediately want to share it with others. The quote above is something that stopped my monkey brain this morning and made me sit…
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Right Now
What am I doing? Feeling sorry for myself. Wishing I were there instead of here. Wanting the future to be today instead of tomorrow. Wondering why other people don’t step up to the plate and live more responsible and caring lives. Grumbling about all the things I have to do today just to get through…
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Do You Know Him?
While all four canonical Gospels have varying descriptions of the events of Holy Week, including the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus, they all report* that during “The Last Supper” Jesus predicts that Peter will deny knowing Him three times before the night ends. The verses are eerily similar, especially noting that the denial will occur…
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Love As I Have Loved
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:34-35 (NIV) In the Gospel of John, chapters 13 through 17 are known as “The Farewell Discourse.” The scene…
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Entering Holy Week
Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” – Matthew 26:39 (NIV) As I look upon the holiest week of the year, my heart bursts with gratitude…
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The Message
“I don’t know what is best for others because I don’t know the lessons their Higher Power is offering them.” – Courage to Change, pg. 79 How often do I sit back and judge how someone else is living his or her life? More often than I would like to admit! The quote above stopped…
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Change
“We would rather be ruined than changed We would rather die in our dread Than climb the cross of the moment And let our illusions die.” – W.H. Auden Why is it so difficult for us to change? What is it within our human make-up that insists change is not necessary whenever the first sign…