Spiritual Thoughts

  N ormal day, let be aware of the treasure you are.... Let me not pas syou by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in my pillow, or stretch myself taut, or riase my hands to the skay, and want, more than all the world, your return. ~ Mary Jean Iron T his is the LORD's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day which the LORD has made, Let us rejoice and be glad in it. ~ Psalm 118:23-24

  T reat people as if they were what they ought to be and you will help them become what they are capable of becoming. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe S how respect for all men (treat them honorably). Love the brotherhood. Reverence God. Honor the king. ~ 1 Peter 2:17 (Amplified)

  Friday Tale ~ Mary's Sacrifice A nd  the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God. For nothing will be impossible with God.” And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.  (Luke 1:35-37 ESV)   Mary was a young woman ready to get married to Joseph. Her life was all planned out until she was greeted by an angel to inform her she would birth the Messiah her people had long-awaited. Mary wasn’t sure how it would happen, but she had to have known that this birth would change everything.   She was willing to sacrifice her plans, convenience, and even her reputation. Just imagine what others thought of her for becoming pregnant before she was married to Joseph. Even Joseph was going to call off their marriage until an angel came to him in a dream.   ...

  I f Christ is not risen, nothing else matters. And if Christ is risen, nothing else matters. ~ Jaroslav Pelikan BUT  now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep. For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam al die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. ~ 1 Corinthians 15:20-22

  G enesis ends with Joseph's death. Deuteronomy ends with Moses' death. Joshua ends with Joshua's death. The Gospels end with Jesus' resurrection. And that changes everything. ~ Tony Merida I  stand here testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come to pass: that the Christ must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the death, he woujld proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles. ~ Acts 26:22-23

  J esus' resurrection is the key stone of God's project, not to snatch people away from earth to heaven,  BUT  to colonize earth with the life of heaven. That, after all, is what the Lord's prayer is all about. ~ N. T. Wright P ray, then in this way: "Our Father who is in heaven, holy is Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven." ~ Matthew 6:9-10