Month: May 2015

John 12:1-8 reads:
“Then Jesus six days before the Passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment. Then said one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray him. Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein. Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying…

A quote by the late Dr. Maya Angelou reads “Do the best you can until you know better. Then, when you know better, do better.”

Ever since I started applying that quote to how I deal with the people around me; specifically, people whose actions hurt, injure or anger me in some way, I found that I am more able to understand that the intent of the action is not always to hurt, injure, or anger. However, in those times that it is, notwithstanding, the understanding has become that a person, rather, a Christian, will only deliberately, hurt another Christian intentionally if they simply do not know of a better way to solve the issue that they may have with that person.

So, an interesting thing happened when I was in church on Sunday. I’d come before the throne of grace once, again. Crying. Begging God to remove the things…

As I was driving home from church this evening, a song played on the radio.

I’ve probable heard this song a hundred times before. Today, however, for the first time, I listened to the lyrics of the chorus which said:

“I try to be so tough
But I’m just not strong enough
I can’t do this alone, God I need You to hold on to me
I try to be good enough
But I’m nothing without Your love
Savior, please keep saving me”.

Instantly, I was transported to a passage in John that I’ve been meditating on for the past 2 days, and the Lord revealed an amazing message to me.

Christians are currently observing Passion Week. This is the commemoration of the life of Jesus from Palm Sunday, when he rode on a donkey into Jerusalem, and the people received him with joy, while waving palm fronds as they…