Grace Walk
Walk with Me and work with Me--watch how I do it.
Learn the unforced rhythms of grace.
I won't try to lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you.
Keep company with Me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly.

-Matthew 11:29-30 The Message


Hidden Treasures
One of the most satisfying aspects of writing
is that it can open in us deep wells of hidden treasures
that are beautiful for us as well as for others to see.

-Henri Nouwen in Bread for the Journey

A Modern Day Psaltery
David wrote psalms to express
what was in his heart.
Seeing no need to hide what he felt,
he wrote with sincerity, and with no hidden agenda.
What he felt was never taken against him.
Pray, dear reader, discern my heart between the lines.
Dinah Maria Craik couldn't have said it better:
"Oh the comfort -- the inexpressible comfort
of feeling safe with a person --
having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words,
but pouring them all right out, just as they are,
chaff and grain together;
certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them,
keep what is worth keeping,
and then, with the breath of kindness
blow the rest away."

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Walkway Reflections 11: The Promise








These were the words written on this station:

Two thieves hang on the cross on either side of Jesus.

One insults him:

You call yourself Messiah? Well, then come down from that cross. How are you going to save us if you can’t save yourself? (Luke 23:39)

The other one tosses up a confession with a desperate cry for forgiveness:

We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong. Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.

How could two men see the same Jesus and one chooses to mock him while the other chooses to pray to him? We don’t know, but they did.

And when one prayed to him, Jesus loved him enough to save him.

And when the other mocked, Jesus loved him enough to let him. He allowed him the choice.

He does the same for you.


Walkway Reflections: Introduction
Walkway Reflections 1: The Garden
Walkway Reflections 2: The Betrayal
Walkway Reflections 3: The Trial
Walkway Reflections 4: The Verdict
Walkway Reflections 5: The Whip
Walkway Reflections 6: The Curse
Walkway Reflections 7: The Cross
Walkway Reflections 8: The Two Simons
Walkway Reflections 9: The Crucifixion
Walkway Reflections 10: The Mother
Walkway Reflections 11: The Promise
Walkway Reflections 12: The Darkness
Walkway Reflections 13: The Cloth
Walkway Reflections 14: The Table

2 comments:

Heart2Heart said...

Lidj,

This is so simple and answers the question Why Does God allow Suffering in the World today? It's all about a choice, whether it's ours or someone elses we all have a choice to make. Some just choice to see life as nothing and thus choose poorly.

While still others see the joy in choosing Jesus and therefore choose life eternal not a perfect life here. Our rewards are yet to come.

Love and Hugs ~ Kat

Sita said...

I recently found a youtube video song "Watch The Lamb" which so awesomely depicts this scene...such truth here...