John 1-2
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I was going to share some more "random" thoughts about the final chapters of Luke... but I've come to the conclusion that there is nothing "random" about this Red Letter Challenge. For the 3rd time since late January I have read, cried, journaled my way through the words of Jesus right up to the crucifixion, death and resurrection. As I’ve listening intently to his words I’ve frequently felt like I never heard them quite like this before. They’ve been very personal guiding me through some issues I was tackling while at the same time revealing his heart to me. As I’m about to enter the fourth gospel, my personal favorite, I wonder what more is in store, what fresh insights will he give? For the 4th time… his entry into my world, his patient teachings, gentle touches of healing, demonstrations of authority over evil in its many shapes, and again the ending in agony before he can say “mission accomplished”. And all this… to rescue me from a kind of lostness that I still find myself stunned to discover in its depths, from pain I can often not put a name to. He knew then what was needed, and even after many years of learning and growing I am still on the road to greater discovery of what grace, truth, and forgiveness really look like, really feel like. How can I best “pay it forward” once I grasp it, get a glimpse, experience healing and release in any given situation? He keeps calling me “higher up and further in” a favorite phrase of mine from C.S. Lewis’ final Narnia Tale. So, really, nothing’s random…
ReplyDeleteAs I've finished reading Luke I realized that I had collected a number of references where I've really noticed the way Jesus speaks of heaven. Much the same way I talk about Austria, the place of my birth and my growing up years. To many of my friends that's a foreign place, to me it's home. I'm intimately familiar with how people think and what concerns them. And that's how Jesus speaks of heaven, his home. He's so clear, so aware. Makes me think that his night long prayer times with his father are just like my long-distance phone calls to family at home. I noticed too that time and again angels, fellow citizens of heaven, break into our world to assist him, must have been so hard for them to restrain themselves from doing much more of this. I'm intrigued, amazed, encouraged. Some of the places where I found these things recorded is in Luke 10:18, Luke 11:24, Luke 22:43 and Luke 24:1-8.There are more and it's fascinating...
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