Mark 10:48-49 Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called to the blind man, “Cheer up! On your feet! He’s calling you.” I always pictured in this text Jesus doing the calling... Continue Reading →
THE SEASONS WILL CHANGE
John 16:20 Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. Today, we read about a confused group of people, persons who even after combining efforts of cognition, could make no sense of the words Jesus had spoken to them.... Continue Reading →
EVEN AFTER MANY BLOWS
DAY 131 OF 365 OF 2021 Acts 16:23 And when they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely. When someone enters a new territory, the occupants try to size them up. They may be taken through a series of tough tasks and trials just... Continue Reading →
ESTABLISHING CORRELATION
DAY 97 OF 365 IN 2021 Peacock Acts 3:2 Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts. Beauty always appears to relate to specific traits or qualities. The definitions the dictionary... Continue Reading →
NICODEMUS: A JOURNEY TO FAITH
DAY 73 OF 365 IN 2021 In the story of Jesus, some characters are so hidden that we come across them in flashes and so do not really take a closer look at their stories. One of such was Nicodemus, a member of the Sanhedrin- the ruling council of the Jews. Back home, we have... Continue Reading →
TALKING ABOUT DROWNING WITH THE MAN WHO WALKS ON THE SEA
DAY 30 OF 365 OF 2021 Mark 4:35,38 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, "Let us go over to the other side."Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, "Teacher, don't you care if we drown?" There is an old proverb I... Continue Reading →
POTENTIAL
Friday: December 11, 2020 Isaiah 48:18 If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your well-being like the waves of the sea. While the words from the prophet Isaiah sound like God making Israel realise what they missed out on by virtue of their failure to... Continue Reading →
WHEN TROUBLE COMES
Tuesday : December 8, 2020 Genesis 3:12,13 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I... Continue Reading →