Month: February 2024

Love

February 14, 2024

Names of Christ

“He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.”
1 John 4:8

Whether or not the scriptures ever officially used it as one of His names, Jesus Christ is the embodiment of Love. During His earthly ministry, love filled everything He did and said. He commanded us to love God and our neighbor. He told parables of forgiveness, selflessness, and reconciliation. He healed and lifted and befriended everywhere He went. And then His life ended with the greatest manifestation of love, as He gave up His mortal life so that all of us can one day have Eternal Life.
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Renovations

February 5, 2024

Disciples of Christ

I am a perfectionist. Which means, among many things, I worry that when things don’t work out exactly how I hoped they would that it means I did something wrong—that I somehow failed. Maybe you can relate.

The problem is, sometimes God sends us trials. Big ones. Small ones. Uniquely tailored ones. And sometimes as I try steering the boat that God gave me, watching the waves get choppy and the winds begin to howl, I call out for His aid. I ask Jesus to calm the storm like He did for His disciples long ago. But He doesn’t. It seems the heavens have gone silent as the rest of the world remains in chaos. I feel abandoned, forced to weather the storm.
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