Nov
23
What Motivates You?
By Jan Ross | Comments Off
My heart is full—overwhelmed would be a more accurate word. There is little hope I will ever be able to articulate every detail, let alone absorb everything I’ve heard and witnessed these past two weeks to my own personal satisfaction. But nonetheless, I want to attempt to share a few thoughts with you which have been weighing heavily on my heart.
Oct
28
Burden of Bitterness
By Jan Ross | Comments Off
Have you ever tried to pick up something that was too heavy? What was your immediate reaction? Most likely you cried out in pain and dropped it, or kept silent and suffered for it later. Regardless of your reaction, you reacted.
The burden of bitterness is too heavy for anyone to carry. In fact, if we pick it up and attempt to carry it, it will weigh us down and eventually crush us to the point that we will be unable to function. Yet, day after day we pick up bitterness and try to walk around with it strapped on our back.
Oct
2
Be Not Weary
By Jan Ross | Comments Off
Paul’s letter to the Thessalonians is full of good advice for servants of the Most High God as they live among people “which walk among you disorderly” (v.11). But Paul instructs us, “But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.” (2 Thessalonians 3:13)
Sometimes it’s hard to not grow weary in our well doing when others around us appear to be carefree in their disorderly lifestyles.
Aug
24
What a Kick
By Julie B Cosgrove | Comments Off
We fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.” Acts 26:14
A goad was a sharp stick they used to herd and guide animals, especially beasts of burden like oxen. If the animal rebelled and kicked, they would only hurt themselves. Why? When yoked, it was hard for them to see the road ahead and the obstacles in the path. Their vision was limited and their mind on their loads. The goading was a gentle prod to steer them down the right path, to the next water hole or place of rest, or around the next obstacle in the road.
Apr
29
The Burden
By Julie B Cosgrove | Comments Off
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28
When the sun set on the Sabbath a law abiding Hebrew was not allowed to carry a burden or walk more than about 2/3 of a mile. Yet the Messiah carried a heavy burden- his own cross on the way to his death. And once there on the cross, He carried the heaviest burden of all, the sins of the whole world. He carried my sins and yours. The ones we have been forgiven for, the ones we need to confess, the ones we have yet to commit.
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