On the other occasion when Jesus wept (Luke 19:41) his tears were over the obstinate unbelief of the Jews, and the dire consequences thereof. He wanted to gather them to him like a mother gathers her chicks, "but you were not willing" (Luke 13:34b). In John's Gospel we often see...
As I crouched down below the bleachers with my wife doing our best to avoid the hundreds of rounds of ammunition flying everywhere, I couldn’t help but notice the people. There were people everywhere. It was dark but I could see them nonetheless. Off-duty police officers and firefighters,...
43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, 44 Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched. 45 And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all ...
In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 1 Corinthians 11:25 I drank from my new cup today. I just love it. One, it’s from a dear friend and two, the message...
Stop the source of injury. In wound care they call this hemostasis where the body begins to clot your blood to stop the bleeding. In personal relationships this may include setting some ground rules, some boundaries, or simply separating from the other person for a time. The thrombus or clot...
64. “There is never a reason to lose hope. Jesus says: “I am with you until the end of the world.”—Pope Francis 65. “A Jesus who never wept could never wipe away my tears.”— Charles Spurgeon 66. “Jesus, our head, is already in heaven; and if the head is above water,...
And yet, as they reclined at the table, a sinful woman wept near Him. She kissed His feet and washed them with her tears. She also anointed them with expensive fragrant oil. We read, “Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he spoke to himself, saying, “This Man, ...
and blackness covered them, and the earth split open, and all heaven wept with her. She felt the demonic laughter of victory in her body’s remembered torture, and she crumbled to the ground in despair. She heard the guard’s confession, “Surely this man was the Son of God!” She ...
Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King - As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his
“twelve years” and the intensity of its pain thrust upon a once young, energetic, happy girl. The initial small trickle of blood, the first signs of my menstrual cycle, brought an intense excitement of becoming a young woman, yet the trickle soon gave way to an uncontrollable, unending ...