The Wilderness Experience

 The people wandered in the wilderness for 40 years.But they received a reminder as they were about to enter the land promised to their ancestors.Deuteronomy 8:2 (NRSVue) - Remember the long way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commandments.The people were tested for forty years.But Scripture reminds us that Christ was also tested in the wilderness.Christ was tested for forty days.Mark 1:12-13 (NRSVue) - And the Spirit immediately drove him out into...

New Year; New You

Psalm 48 is a song about the strength of Zion.But the Psalmist ends the song with a reminder of the source of strength.Psalm 48:14 (NRSVue) - that this is God, our God forever and ever. He will be our guide forever.John 14 is a beautiful chapter,In its opening verses, Christ reminds his followers of several inescapable facts,He reminds them that He is going to prepare a place for them.He also reminds them that they know the way.Only Thomas asks the question that the others were asking themselves.“Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?”John 14:6 (NRSVue) - Jesus said...