“God is always wooing us closer to Himself … To transform our thinking about ourselves to fulfill our destiny.… [Moses] did not see himself as God did. When we obey, He brings the fire power to ignite us in the call… it is through conversation with Him that we discover the answer to the cry…

Reaching my 70’s, reflection seems to have become my “hobby.” Looking back at every thoughtless and selfish act, I think “Did I really do that?” Yet Jesus . . . He brings beauty where ashes were, where mourning was, He brings humbling thankfulness, and a love that touches us where only He could, and where…

Rabbinical Judaism teaches this is what should happen when the Messiah comes: Isaiah 2:1-5 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.  And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be…

From Enduring Commentary —Isaiah 42:3 A bruised reed He will not break, and smoking flax He will not quench: This is another reference to the gentle character of Jesus. A reed is a fairly fragile plant, yet if a reed is bruised, the Servant will handle it so gently that He will not break it….

FROM PALM SUNDAYTO GOOD FRIDAYTO RESURRECTION SUNDAY Palm Sunday: all the Hosannas — was it because of a misunderstood celebration? I believe we can fall into such a misunderstanding. We think “oh good, now I’m “saved” — saved from trials, etc. Yet we are saved from God’s wrath because of Good Friday. Good even when…

Abba Father, DAYENU—Your love, redeeming me from a life of destruction and crowning me with Your lovingkindness and tender mercies, would have been sufficient, but You had a special gift for me. Out of nowhere—actually when I was feeling nowhere, in despair with nowhere to turn, came Michael Finesilver. He loved me, Abba, just like…