“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.
In this world you will have trouble.
But take heart!
I have overcome the world!”
John 16:33
Take heart!
In many other translations, this verse says, “Take courage!”
Such a beautiful, heartened, rally cry from Jesus to every one of us.
So, what is it that is supposed to embolden us?
Continue reading “the winning team.”
Lent is the season in which we focus on moral correction, aligning ourselves with the commandments of Jesus.
They are summed up in loving God with all one’s might and loving one’s neighbor as one’s self.
Jesus details what this means in various contexts in the Lenten gospels.
And He wills to heal our blindness to our sins, especially those habitual sins we rationalize or despair of amending.
Jesus, God among us, through his glory was willing to die for us.
How often have we thanked Him for this?
Continue reading “Ready to Converse”
it’s the monday giggles….
This giggle is brought to you from first foot experience…
I do verily hope you will get a KICK out of it!
Shoe controversies
have presented themselves often throughout history –
from the very near present
to the very far past.
And quite unintentionally I entered the fray the other day when
THIS happened.
(Out in public, no less.)
Continue reading “goody two shoes”
hugsnblessings 