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Friday Easter Week Seven -- May 30
Meditation Friday, Easter Week Seven, makes me chuckle. The relationship between two great prophets of the Old Testament – Elijah and Elisha (BTW, I remember which came first by the letters in their names:‘j’ comes before ‘s’) revealed a common care and knowledge of each other. The ascension of Elijah—who was seen in the…
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Thursday Easter Week Seven -- May 29
Meditation Thursday, Easter Week Seven, celebrates The Ascension of Our Lord and the moment when the disciples begin to ‘understand.’ They have been struggling with the unexpected twists and turns of Jesus’ timeline. They hadn’t counted on his being crucified. They were devastated by his death and were startled by his…
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Wednesday Easter Week Six -- May 28
Meditation Wednesday, Easter Week Six, peered forward for both the Old Testament lesson, where Moses passed the mantle to Joshua and the New Testament Gospel lesson, where Jesus attempted to inform his disciples of his impending ascension. Moses announced that he didn’t have long to live, being 120 years old, and Joshua…
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QUESTIONS and Answers
Harriet raised a great idea about having a chance to have questions answered. While I don't claim to have every answer, nor am I the only answer, I can find sources and resources that may explain some things. Do Post a question here and I will strive to guide you to where the Scriptures teach us on the subject...sometimes…
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Tuesday Easter Week Six -- May 27
Meditation Tuesday, Easter Week Six, revealed a solution to the crisis of ignoring the voice or the laws of God. The Psalmist identified the Lord as sovereign over all creation and the blessings that came from God as a result of the order that God brings to our world. The Old Testament lesson of Deuteronomy shared the fear…
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Monday Easter Week Six -- May 26
Meditation Monday, Easter Week Six, the lessons reinforced how God will provide and take care of believers. In the Old Testament lesson in Genesis, the promise to Noah and all living creatures was that there would never be a flood of that magnitude again—at least one that would destroy all living things on the earth. The…
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Sunday Easter Week Six -- May 25
Meditation Sunday, Easter Week Six celebrated the love of God for believers and called us to be the same. John’s Gospel stated, “if ye love me, keep my commandments.” A simple call to obey. Do what I ask if you love me. As a child, my Nana was anti-smoking. My grandfather would mention that he liked to smoke a cigar with…
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Saturday Easter Week Six -- May 24
Meditation Saturday, Easter Week Six concluded the story of the Flood and Jesus’ instructions to his disciples. We must read between the lines some times when reading the lessons. What is not told can be as important as what is told. For the story of Noah, many people argue that it couldn’t have happened, because the Ark…
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Friday Easter Week Six -- May 23
Meditation Friday Easter Week Six continued the stories of water-disasters from the Old Testament story of the Flood, to the New Testament lesson about Paul’s journey to Rome on a ship that nearly sank in the storm. In both, the people aboard were saved. The presence of God with us—via Noah and Paul, in our lessons—made…
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Thursday Easter Week Six -- May 22
Meditation Thursday, Easter Week Six shone the spotlight on who people ‘listen’ to. Where do you get your information? Is it reliable? The Psalmist systematically reviewed all that he ‘did’ to worship God, with the certainty that God had listened and preserved him. The New Testament lesson in Acts also dealt with who…
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Wednesday Easter Week Five -- May 21
Meditation Wednesday, Easter Week Five drew from three separate aspects or perspectives of faith. The Psalmist cried unto the Lord, because of being overwhelmed with weakness, sickness and injury that he understood to be a result of his faithlessness, causing God to take action, “You were angry with me and threw me away.”…
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Tuesday Easter Week Five -- May 20
Meditation Tuesday, Easter Week Five brings the pain and sorrow to the foreground—with the prayer of the Psalmist and the indictments of any, who has not done as God asked, finishing with the Acts story of the first martyr in Stephen—someone, who had done what God had asked—and was murdered for it. Sometimes, the Christian…
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Hi I walk already
Hi I am trying to come back to health by walking. I have been walking an average of 30 min. daily but I look forward to the mutual motivation and accountability. Sometimes, with my injury, I need to use a rebounder 'walking' but I can still do 30 min. Lynne
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Monday Easter Week Five -- May 19
Meditation Monday, Easter Week Five addressed the suffering that believers endured and God’s response. The Psalmist cried unto the Lord, “Hear me. I am hurting. I need help. Quickly.” This is not unlike many around the world today. The news media thrives on the disasters where people suffer—it feeds the hunger of viewers,…
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Sunday Easter Week Five -- May 18
Meditation Sunday, Easter Week Five revealed the hard stuff for believers. From the Psalmist’s cry for salvation and protection to the New Testament epistle of 1 Peter, to the Gospel of John, every word reminded the believers of the difficult side of being a Christian. It started with builders rejecting the cornerstone—who…
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Saturday Easter Week Four -- May 17
Meditation Saturday, Easter Week Five lessons fly in the face of ‘prosperity gospel’ which suggests that if you get your heart and soul right with God that you will find yourself with an abundance. I believe that God wants us to have abundance but sometimes, we go through awful times, first. The Old Testament lesson in…
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Friday Easter Week Four -- May 16
Meditation Friday, Easter Week Five lessons continued the sense of trusting in the call we saw in yesterday’s lesson of Abram and St. Stephen. The Psalmist cried to the Lord, “Lord, I trust in you; let me never be disgraced. Save me because you do what is right.” Despite, his fear—palpable in his words—he stated his trust…
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Thursday Easter Week Four -- May 15
Meditation Thursday, Easter Week Five lessons dealt with trust in the call. The Psalmist called out to God, whom he believes will deliver him. The New Testament lesson dealt with the prosecution of Stephen, the first martyr of the Christian church—the one Saul (later changed to St. Paul) watched being stoned, while he…
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Wednesday Easter Week Four -- May 14
Meditation Wednesday of Easter Week Four lessons indicted and prophesied the leaders and the flock of sheep, a.k.a. human believers. The Old Testament Psalm 100 spoke to the time when believers would enter the court of worship and praise God—a time of gratefulness. The New Testament Gospel returns to a moment prior to the…
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Tuesday Easter Week Four -- May 13
Meditation Tuesday of Easter Week Four lessons preached ‘safety’ for all ‘sheep’ or believers and glory to the One who makes us safe. The Old Testament Psalm praised God for the blessings and the fact that the great shepherd was trustworthy, good, faithful and loving. The lesson of Ezekiel painted an idyllic picture of the…
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Monday Easter Week Four -- May 11
Meditation Monday of Easter Week Four lessons indicted those leaders that failed to keep their flocks properly. The Old Testament lesson in Ezekiel pointed the finger of blame on the shepherd-leaders that were favoring some flock members over the others. The fat sheep were given preference and the thin sheep were starved…
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Sunday Easter Week Four -- May 11
Meditation Sunday, Easter Week Four continues the celebration of the Good Shepherd. Psalm 23 offered the many ways that a good shepherd managed and protected the sheep. The two Epistle lessons in the New Testament –one in Acts and the other in I Peter dealt with the realities of life. Trouble will happen to Christians,…
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Saturday Easter Week Four -- May 10
Meditation Saturday of Easter Week Four lessons addressed sheep. Not many of us today understand about sheep. City-dwellers and non-agrarians probably know more about sheep from the Bible than other sources. But in Old and New Testament times, sheep were to them as sports’ talk is to us. The lessons hold true today, even…
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Friday Easter Week Four -- May 9
Meditation Friday of Easter Week Four resumed dictums on behaviors. How should people behave? The Psalmist ascribed his behaviors as a sheep following the protective and nurturing care of the Shepherd-God. The Old Testament lesson called for Moses to return to Egypt, since the ones who wanted Moses dead had passed; he…
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Thursday Easter Week Four -- May 8
Meditation Thursday of Easter Week Four reminded us of how we must behave—as strangers in a land. We were challenged with living above the shadow line, a term coined by a chaplain friend. The Psalmist in Psalm 23 (probably the most well-known scripture of all) illustrated how the Lord methodically addressed all our…
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Wednesday, Easter Week Three -- May 7
Meditation Wednesday of Easter Week Three added the ‘God-encounter’ moment. The Psalmist wrote about worshipping and being blessed in the Temple. The Old Testament lesson in Exodus told of God telling Moses to prepare by worshipping far away from the mountain where God would meet Moses. Moses, Aaron, Nadab and Abihu plus…
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Tuesday, Easter Week Three -- May 6
Meditation Tuesday of Easter Week Three distilled the Christian life experience. The Old Testament Psalmist spoke of the blessing coming from God; the teacher of Proverbs laid out the search for wisdom as key. Peter writes succinctly—“Be like babies drinking the milk of the Word.” Babies’ brains absorb so much in the first…
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Monday, Easter Week Three -- May 5
Meditation Monday of Easter Week Three emphasizes promises. The Psalmist promised that those who care for the sanctuary (temple) of God will be blessed. The epistle to Peter reminded the Jews of the promise of eternal life—that being born again was an eternal life force—something that came from the Word of the Lord. The…
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Third Sunday of Easter -- May 4
Meditation The Third Sunday of Easter points to the restatement of the basic truth of discovery. The two lessons—one in Acts and one in the epistle of St Peter—simplified the Good News of Christ’s sacrificial death and glorious resurrection for the mob (mostly Jews) that had participated in Jesus’ execution. Peter’s power…
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Saturday Easter Week Three -- May 3
Meditation Saturday of Easter Week Three covers a favorite topic: food. Ever since I met and married a chef of amazing delicious delicacies, I have discovered a pleasure in eating and serving food. So when both the Old Testament lesson in Isaiah talked about God preparing a feast of the highest gourmet pleasure for…
