Category: Reflections (page 18)

The moral of the story I learned those many years ago is, “Don’t hide too well.” Don’t wrap your pain so tightly inside that you can no longer hear God calling you home.

Pentecost is a time when we are not clothed in faith but when faith bursts from the inside of us outward. It shines forth from our soul and captures all who are around us in its wonder.

We can speak the language of love, the language of forgiveness, compassion, gratitude, and hope. We have a limitless ability to converse in the language of God.

Jesus avoided toxic situations where His peace of heart and soul would be disturbed and offended. Jesus was modeling for us that sometimes love requires stepping back. Sometimes loving someone means stepping away.

We have heart knowledge that we need God, but often we miss the point that in a relationship, it is a two-way street, even with God. God needs us just like He needed Jesus.

God’s silence is not a sign of my failure. It is a promise of God’s grace. God has found my soul a worthy meadow in which to plant new seeds.

What difference does it make if the bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Christ if we don’t?

Without a doubt, we do not have faith. We have facts.

The tomb is not necessary for the divine nature of Jesus. The divine nature of Jesus could have been raised immediately. The tomb is essential for the human nature of Jesus.

May Your will be done in me. Allow Your Love for me and my Love for them to carry me to that final moment when it is finished.