“Just as we are blessed in our current condition of difficulties now, woe to us who are content and full and thought well of now. Things. Will. Change. Honestly, which would you rather be?”
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To the Disciples Particularly
Matthew 5: 1-12 A little boy was listening to a long and tedious sermon from the preacher. Suddenly a red light attached to some wires leading to the sound system caught his eye. Tugging his father’s sleeve, he asked, “Daddy, when that red light up there turns green can we go?” Oh, it’s going to…
Which Would You Rather Be?
Luke 6: 17-26 He came down to a level place. The great multitude came from Jewish and Gentile territory to hear him teach and to be healed of their diseases and whatever beset them. Luke tells us he healed all of them. Jesus then taught them blessings and woes. These verses mirror the Beatitudes in…
For the Young and the Old
Luke 1: 39-45 Elizabeth was said to be barren (1: 7), and Mary said she was a young woman/a virgin (1: 27). Zechariah reacted to what Gabriel told him, “How will I know this is so? I am an old man, and my wife is getting on in years?” Elizabeth was too old, and Mary…
Psalm 102 in The Message 