“With this news strengthen those who have tired hands, encourage those with weak knees,say to those with fearful hearts “be strong & do not fear” Isaiah 35:3
Imagine having a friend who loved you so much that they said to you “give me all your worries, all those things that are weighing heavily on your mind, & I’ll bear them all for you”
Oh, that’s right…..you don’t have to imagine it; you do have such a friend! His name is Jesus.
Do you ever find that you’re trundling along happily through life, everything ticking over just the way it should, when suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, it feels as though one small thing triggers another small thing and before you know it, it’s an avalanche! Your peace-filled little world is now a massive storm. As Christians
I often hear the quote ‘Seeing is Believing’. But it seems to me a rather cynical way of looking at the world; to say that I have to see something first, before I am prepared to believe it. It’s the easy option. Hebrews 11:1 tells us “Faith shows the reality of what we hope for;
In John 5, Jesus asks a man a question; a man who, at first glance it would seem has been longing for healing for 38 years. “Do you want to be healed?” Seems an odd question, since the man has been coming here day after day for years. Yet the man’s response is so telling
The roads all around where we live, are winding, busy for country roads, and most of them are incredibly narrow. The other day as I was driving home, I looked at the tall hedges and trees that grow along the sides of the roads. I noticed that many of these have grown into strange shapes,
“But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint” Isaiah 40:31 I have often read, and heard people say about eagles that when there’s a storm, eagles fly right into it, and
