The prophet Isaiah 61:1 wrote, "He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners," about the Messiah to come. Jesus spoke it again generations later, "The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written: 
 'The Spirit of ( Read more... )

 
Maybe I don't get it...I understand what happened - what we remember today...Good Friday...I'm knowledgeable of what a cat-of-nine-tails is. I've studied what happens to the body on a crucifix. I've walked the Villa Delarosa strip through which Jesus carried the cross. I've seen the eyes of those who despise. I know what a tiny splinter feels like ( Read more... )

Isn't it funny...

Isn't it funny how we avoid the very thing that would take our anxiety, our guilt, and our fears away?

Isn't it funny that while we think we're moving on, we keep finding ourselves running right back into the same 'ol thing we haven't resolved?

...the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him ( Read more... )

Have you ever had your heart broken?

Ugh!  I remember wanting to spend New Years Eve with a certain guy. We'd known each other for years, had gone steady, broken up, grown apart and then been brought back together by time.  We went out a couple times over the Christmas break and then he asked another girl out for New Years (they married a year later ( Read more... )

Okay, I know I’ve been MIA and I could use that lame excuse about paralysis after my December surgery ;) but…okay, yeah, it was true but I’m doing MUCH better - duh, I’m able to type now!!  I’ve GOT to share with you something I read in January that prepped my attitude in February and March:

Romans 1:5 (and I’m gonna add emphasis here):  Through him ( Read more... )

Print this out.  Fold it into a tiny note. Place it under one of your school books, in a pocket of your backpack, on your pillow or in the pocket of your jacket before reading…

Beloved,

You’ve been praying hard.

It’s a pretty big prayer.

You’ve been asking for a miracle.

And I know it’s been a long time.

I know it seems like I’ll never answer.

There ( Read more... )

I've got some surgery to go through - taking out 3 herniated discs in my neck this week - so I'll be MIA for a bit.  Uh, that's "missing in action" :)  I'll devo as soon as I can again!

“I have beheld the beauty of your astounding love.”

Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,
       for I have put my trust in you.
Psalm143:8

Okay, so He did.

Just before I woke up this morning, I dreamt I was climbing sand dunes in Israel, peeking over the top and seeing the most beautiful landscapes ~ flat lands with water at it’s ( Read more... )

Hmm…interruptions…

Reflecting on the whole Mary thing:

In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you."

Mary was ( Read more... )

Romans 8:5, 9, 10-12

Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires….You…are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you….But if Christ is in you, your body is ( Read more... )