Loving as a Christian duty is an act of the will and not a feeling or an emotional state of being. Let’s face it, humanly speaking, it is impossible to have a ‘loving feeling’ for everyone if that is our interpretation of Christian love. Heck, it is even impossible to love all our Christian brethrenContinueContinue reading “Lent Day 3: Loving my Neighbor – The Why, Who and How.”
Monthly Archives: February 2018
Lent Day 2: Obedience, In Spite Of……..(Originally posted 3/17/2017)
It is a familiar, well-loved verse for most Christians, quoted to reassure ourselves and our loved ones. A promise of great things to come in the future, especially when one cannot imagine how they will be worked out. “For I know well the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare, not for woe!ContinueContinue reading “Lent Day 2: Obedience, In Spite Of……..(Originally posted 3/17/2017)”
Lent Day 1: There go I, But for His Grace. (Originally posted 3/29/2017)
I am so grateful to have been born about 2,000 years after Jesus Christ roamed the earth, and not during the period when He was alive. A few years ago, I read best-selling Author, Phillip Yancey’s book, ‘The Jesus I Never Knew’, and realized how I could easily have been one of those who chanted for Christ’s crucifixion and cried forContinueContinue reading “Lent Day 1: There go I, But for His Grace. (Originally posted 3/29/2017)”
