Slowly but surely during my childhood years, I acquired a deep admiration for Europe and everything European – lifestyle, food and gardening combined with all the gorgeous fabrics and furniture, coffee in cozy cafés, tea in dainty cups and teapots with tea cozies insulating the brew to stretch the ritual of a culture that celebrated creativity…
Tag: prayer
238. The fiery trial is not foreign
There are a few phrases and verses in the Bible that might get lost in the shallow understanding of familiarity. It is too easy to say the Our Father from memory and hastily ramble through the lines of Psalm 23 entirely missing the fullness of meaning. The Bible is not social media or the morning paper. The truth that sets…
231. Body language of the soul
There are professionals who specialize in “reading” attitudes and feelings by carefully observing facial expressions and postures. They interpret it as a demonstration of a person’s inner being and unspoken thoughts – a window to the soul. Just a slight upturned eyebrow, eyes squinted deliberately, hands clasped or wrung or a foot tapping or tensely upturned would…
230. Pray for the impossible
Don’t give up. Our God specializes in things thought impossible. Sing the song of Moses: “Who is like You, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders? (Exodus 15) The immeasurable privilege to enter the throne room of the Most High God of the universe, by the Blood of Jesus, is unequaled on the list of human privileges that…
205. Overpowered and overwhelmed
[Passover 2021] A few hours in an ancient garden changed the world forever. Men in action, words spoken, and an unrelenting chain of events that will change the course of history and the calculation of time. Let us time travel back to the hours in the garden of Gethsemane. In my desire to learn something new every…
180. If my people…
It is the end of March 2020. If there were ever a time that I felt I am living history, it is in this time of global lockdown to contain a virus. The world has become silent. Most people are withdrawn into their own homes or are confined to their dwelling place, some quite…
171. Who then, Oh Jerusalem?
So many of the prophecies of the Old Testament were written as poetry. Every so often one detects some of it in the English translations, even though the words are so unlike ancient Hebrew. The laments over Israel’s backsliding and hardened hearts, move the reader to tears and expose the heart of God for his…
132. Words of glory and truth.
[John17] In the very beginning of the study of John we have marveled at the miracle of a word becoming flesh. If I may repeat myself: St Augustine said in everything he ever knew about the world, everything he read and regarded as worth studying, he had never heard of a word becoming a man. [Pebbles…
131. The prayer of prayers.
[John 17] We have come to the end of the long summaries of Jesus’ conversations with His disciples. In this chapter He prays for them. It is remarkable that John records this prayer in so much detail. It is clear that Jesus’ words made a huge impression on him and it was part of the…
128. Let go of the stuff!
[John 15] Deeper into truth, closer to God, further into love, more of true life is the path of Kingdom kids. So much more of the unimaginable mystery in Christ to live and love His way, is heaven on earth. This is the joy unspeakable and a glorious, superior life of being grafted into the…
Pebbles of Perpetuity 