At the pool of Bethesda, in the story of the man who had been infirm for thirty eight years, you can only imagine the brokenness he experienced during that time.
He says he has no one.
Have you ever been abandoned by friends or family as you walked through a long challenge? Some may come along side you initially but few if any stay for the entire journey. Such is life.
Hopefully, you grow and mature through the different stages of your life.
What you used to do becomes not so necessary anymore.
Your tastes and the things you enjoy shift with each season.
Embrace and grow gracefully through the seasons of your life.
For it is written:
“When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete,
May the Lord shine His everlasting grace upon you.
May you arise in this season with His resurrection power and anointing to go forth in destiny to fulfill His Great Commission to His followers ‘for such a time as this!’
For it is written:
“Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to
“I must preach the kingdom of God…because for this purpose I have been sent.”
Jesus
Luke 4:43b
If you really choose to make Jesus the Lord of your life, your worldliness should decrease as His Kingdom reflection increases in you.
You should become more and more like Him.
Your life should reflect the Kingdom of God.
Whether you preach out loud with words or by how you live you should be preaching the Kingdom of God not the religious doctrine and worldly ways of men.
When I was a little girl my Mom made us matching candy cane aprons. It was so special wearing my matching apron. Over countless years this apron was worn from Thanksgiving through New Year’s. Many a Christmas cookie was designed and baked wearing this little apron.
As I hung it up this year I remembered all the wonderful holidays with my family. Although they are no longer here they live in my heart.
May you and yours make and cherish Christmas memories.
