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by | Apr 6, 2012 | Uncategorized


He could have been rescued.

He could have said
this is enough.
In fact in the garden he tried to change God’s mind.
Jesus and his followers went to a place called Gethsemane. He said to them, “Sit here while I pray.” 33 Jesus took Peter, James, and John with him, and he began to be very sad and troubled. 34 He said to them, “My heart is full of sorrow, to the point of death. Stay here and watch.”35 After walking a little farther away from them, Jesus fell to the ground and prayed that, if possible, he would not have this time of suffering. 36 He prayed, “Abba, Father! You can do all things. Take away this cup of suffering. But do what you want, not what I want.”

He prayed three times the same prayer.
“Father take this away from me.”
The symbolic number three representing perhaps the three days in the tomb and the three in the trinity.
After Judas gave him up to the soldiers.
Mark 15-16-20
The soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s palace (called the Praetorium) and called all the other soldiers together.17 They put a purple robe on Jesus and used thorny branches to make a crown for his head.18 They began to call out to him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”19 The soldiers beat Jesus on the head many times with a stick. They spit on him and made fun of him by bowing on their knees and worshiping him.20 After they finished, the soldiers took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him again. Then they led him out of the palace to be crucified.

Can you even imagine?
Jesus… the Son of God and
the people had no clue what they were doing.
They were part of the plan.
(as he says later “father forgive them for they don’t know what they are doing”)
They were in a frenzy to be violent and hateful and he was the object of their hostile behavior.
At any time
At any time
At any time
He could have been rescued.
He could have said this is enough.
Just as he had power to perform miracles
He could have saved himself.
But HE DIDN’T.

Our hearts

by | Apr 5, 2012 | Uncategorized

And when Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, a woman came to Him having an alabaster flask of very costly fragrant oil, and she poured it on His head as He sat at the table. But when His disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste? For this fragrant oil might have been sold for much and given to the poor.” But when Jesus was aware of it, He said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a good work for Me. For you have the poor with you always, but Me you do not have always. For in pouring this fragrant oil on My body, she did it for My burial. Assuredly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to her.” Matthew 26:6-13**


Tonight… as we quiet our hearts… this is something to think about…
The preparation… 
The sorrow is coming…
The week is not over…
Our hearts are anxious… and heavy

We quiet our hearts

by | Apr 3, 2012 | Uncategorized

This is the week we quiet our hearts and
think about the Easter story.
It seems so hard for me at times
to really grasp all that Jesus had to take on.
God in his desire to save the people who he loves had to find a way
for us to to find redemption, forgiveness and most of all salvation.
When I think of Palm Sunday and the people welcoming Jesus
as they sang songs of praise and adoration
“hosanna blessed is he who comes” waving branches in a welcome way
I wonder what it felt like for him.
As Jesus rode on the donkey in a slow moving procession
were there deep concerns on his heart 
knowing full well
no one understood the moments that were to unfold in the days to come.
The people who were so excited to see him
had no clue how the story would change for them in just a short amount of time.
It also makes me think of the contrast
of Mary his mother who also rode on a donkey with deep concerns upon on her heart.
There were no welcome signs for her or people singing songs of excitement anticipating the birth of the baby to come.
No one understood the prophecy of that event either.
Because of his deep love for us
God had to find a way and
that way became Jesus.
I wonder what it would feel like
to know in ones heart that soon it would be over.
That the the journey you began would soon end and
the preparation of all that you had laid out
along with teachings, instructing and
let us not forget the miracles.
They were all a part of the story. John 3:16-17

His Story… a story of Love.
I wonder what it felt like for him as he laid his head down at night to rest
knowing in his heart
the count down would begin in the heavens.
The orchestrated players would do what was intended and
all the events would unfold into the miraculous.
A story of love would begin in a horrible way.
This is the week we quiet our hearts and
remember Sunday is coming.

On Palm Sunday

by | Apr 1, 2012 | Uncategorized

We rejoice
We remember
We are thankful for the Love HE has given us
We remember and We praise Him
In Him we are fearfully and wonderfully made.
In Him we have life and hope
In Him we have forgiveness and life everlasting
On this Palm Sunday we praise Him
For all that He Is and all that He has done for us.
We are thankful
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A beautiful tree in Oregon
{Picture by Larry O}
Joining Deidra on jumping tandem on Sunday

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