Meditations

Just wait out the storm.  The sun follows the storm.  I have seen this phenomenon a few times.  Yesterday, while I was praying the title of this blog came into my mind.  Immediately after I finished praying, I rushed to the window and looked out.  As I expected, the sun light was shining through the trees.  The sun was not quite fully shining in its strength.  It was a perfect sight. As we have seen on television and heard over the radio the calls coming from the authorities for people to stay inside.   However, some people for whatever reason chose to venture out on the roads.  Some got stuck.  They could not wait for the storm to finish.  People had to come alongside of them and dig them out.  Some had to abandon their vehicles on or alongside the street. The frustration, the worry, their burden which was laid on others to solve, was it all worth it?  If they came away from their situation with repenta...

In the Gospel of John Chapter 14 the Lord Jesus tells His disciples He will pray to the Father, and The Father will send them the Holy Spirit.  The King James Version in this chapter calls Him the Comforter, the New King James calls Him the Helper, and the New International version calls Him the Advocate.   The Holy Spirit comforts us, helps us and He advocates for us in our prayers to the Father “with groanings which cannot be uttered” Romans 8:26.   In verse 26 of John chapter 14 Jesus says,   “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My Name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.”   The Holy Spirit is also our Teacher and He is holy.     In verse 17 Jesus refers to the Holy Spirit as “The Spirit of Truth”.  In John 15:26 the Lord Jesus again calls him “the Spirit of Truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of me.”   Many times when I he...

As I was reading the Christmas story out of Luke chapters  1 and 2 about  a week or so before Christmas, the question arose in my mind.  How did the neighbors on Mary’s street react to this episode in their neighborhood?  I started to imagine. One of their neighbors – a nice quiet girl named Mary – could always be seen on any given day living her life.  Then it happened that some days passed, and Mary was not seen by the neighbors.   One may wonder, “What happened to Mary?” Now imagine you were living on Mary’s street during that time.  Knowing yourself as you are now, how would you have reacted  to Mary’s absence?  Some of us would  have said to ourselves, “I haven’t seen Mary in a while, I wonder if she is okay.  Oh well.”  We would continue on with our business.  Most men would react in this manner.  However, not many of us ladies would.  We would, want to know what’s going on.  Some day...