Well, it’s been a really long time since I’ve written a post. I noticed today someone stopped following me. Hope it wasn’t something that I wrote. May be my Holy Week posts bored him or her. Oh well, there’s more of you out there. You’ll keep following me, right?
I’ve been a busy busy bee. I quit my job and took a new one. I’ve been bored at my job for months and didn’t see any sign of things improving so I began looking. I work in IT Security and I specialize in Risk Analysis, Auditing and Risk Management. It’s a pretty unique field and most people don’t do it for too long. They do it for a few years and then move onto something more exciting. Anyway, it wasn’t long before the interviews were scheduled and job offers made. I actually received 4 offers. I finally accepted the one I REALLY wanted. So, I started working for General Dynamics last week. I spent most of last week filling out an endless list of new employee paperwork and taking online training for just about any administrative subject you can think of. I got to do a little work, but I think this week will be my opportunity to do some more actual work. I’m very excited about working here and very excited about the work I’ll be doing. Of course, because of the nature of my work I can’t blog about it. Starting tomorrow I’ll be blogging about something else. I don’t know what yet but hopefully it’ll be interesting and it’ll keep you coming back and reading my blog.
Until tomorrow...
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Holy Week - He Is Risen
There isn't much more to be said. I'll quote from my http:// www.crosswalk.com devotion
The tomb is empty, the soldiers fled, the stone is rolled away. Time for the victory party! Let there be singing and rejoicing and all kinds of celebration. This is the part of the story that makes all the difference. Dying for a cause is one thing but rising victorious from the dead? Only the Savior can pull that off. And he did!
Today’s reading: Luke 24:1-48
I hope you have a blessed day today. However you choose to celebrate it.
I have spent the past week in study using this series of devotions. It has brought me some better understanding of myself and of my relationship with God. I hope your relationship has been strengthened too. Next week I will focus my daily lessons on something else.
I hope you'll journey on with me.
So it was written
So it shall be done
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Holy Week - Day of Mourning
I'm not sure I have much to say about today's lesson and scripture from the http://www.crosswalk.com devotion I am doing this week.
Jesus has died. His disciples are in mourning. His mother must be completely distraught. It's hard to imagine their grief.
Today's reading really doesn't fit. Except that the ruling class feared that even if Jesus had lied that he was so powerful the idea that they could even trick the people into believing he rose from the grave worried them. They wanted to make sure there was no way his reign over the people would continue so guard the tomb they did.
Matthew 27:62-65
Jesus has died. His disciples are in mourning. His mother must be completely distraught. It's hard to imagine their grief.
Today's reading really doesn't fit. Except that the ruling class feared that even if Jesus had lied that he was so powerful the idea that they could even trick the people into believing he rose from the grave worried them. They wanted to make sure there was no way his reign over the people would continue so guard the tomb they did.
Matthew 27:62-65
Friday, April 22, 2011
Holy Week - Good Friday
There isn't much to be said about today.
Today isGood Friday . Jesus has been arrested, tried, and crucified on the cross. An agonizing, horrible, painful death.
Jesus did it for you and me.
He died for me.
He died for you.
Whether or not you believe.
Today's Scripture is long so I won't post it but I would encourage you to click below and read it.
Luke 22:47-23:56
Today is Good Friday - it is a day of reflection and rejoicing.
It is finished
Today is
Jesus did it for you and me.
He died for me.
He died for you.
Whether or not you believe.
Today's Scripture is long so I won't post it but I would encourage you to click below and read it.
Luke 22:47-23:56
Today is Good Friday - it is a day of reflection and rejoicing.
It is finished
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Holy Week - Tension is Building
(continuing my devotions from www.crosswalk.com. This is yesterday's lesson. I was too tired to post last night)
And I when I be lifted up
I'll draw all men unto me
That's a great chorus from am old hymn
Such powerful thing to know.
Jesus said those words just days before he was arrested. He must have had so much on his mind. I wonder if he was stressed? Did he know (I mean really know how much it was going to hurt?
Today's devotional from crosswalk states the following:
Put yourself in the disciples’ place on that Wednesday before the original Easter. They must have been feeling pretty good, right? After all they’d just seen their leader receive a hero’s welcome and watched him kick butt in the temple. They had to be riding pretty high.
Now think how Jesus must have felt that day: He was in countdown mode. He alone understood what was coming; surely it was on his mind well before he headed to the Garden of Gethsemane. Watching his clueless disciples, dealing with the crowds ... what were his thoughts? Every time he looked at Judas, did his heart break just a little more?
I wonder what the disciples were thinking. Did they notice a change in Jesus? Was he quieter? I would have been quiet and moody and snappish. The anticipation would be impossible to bear.
Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name!” (John 12:27-28)
Did Jesus yell that or was he excited? Sounds like nerves to me. I'll bet that the disciples were truly confused.
What would you do if, like Jesus on that Wednesday, you knew you only had a couple of days left to live? What’s stopping you from doing those things now?
If it was me? I'd be irritable, crabby, and generally moody. I also don't think I'd keep it to myself. I'd definitely be talking to my BFF and my accountability partner. I certainly couldn't keep that kind of info to myself. I don't know if Jesus felt the stress but I do like to humanize him in thinking he did. I don't think he had any doubt about what he was doing or why but I do believe his soul was grieving for what was about to come.
We know Jesus prayed. I would definitely pray too. So what's stopping me from doing that now? Nothing. I am finding this year that the concept of praying without ceasing becomes easier and may be more practical when you have help. My help is the One Little Word (OLW) study that my church study group is doing. My word is Trust.
I'm learning quite a bite about this word. I'm learning that to trust in God one must be patient. I'm not a patient person. I want what I want and I want it now. My OLW has helped through some tense moments in the last few weeks. My OLW has been a help to me just this week.
My OLW is helping in this study this week. My OLW is bring me closer to God.
If you don't have a word you study or can meditate or pray on, I highly recommend that you pick one. It can help you get to the point where you can answer the questions What would you do? What is stopping you from doing those things today?
Will you join me this week and meditate on these things?
And I when I be lifted up
I'll draw all men unto me
That's a great chorus from am old hymn
Such powerful thing to know.
Jesus said those words just days before he was arrested. He must have had so much on his mind. I wonder if he was stressed? Did he know (I mean really know how much it was going to hurt?
Today's devotional from crosswalk states the following:
Put yourself in the disciples’ place on that Wednesday before the original Easter. They must have been feeling pretty good, right? After all they’d just seen their leader receive a hero’s welcome and watched him kick butt in the temple. They had to be riding pretty high.
Now think how Jesus must have felt that day: He was in countdown mode. He alone understood what was coming; surely it was on his mind well before he headed to the Garden of Gethsemane. Watching his clueless disciples, dealing with the crowds ... what were his thoughts? Every time he looked at Judas, did his heart break just a little more?
I wonder what the disciples were thinking. Did they notice a change in Jesus? Was he quieter? I would have been quiet and moody and snappish. The anticipation would be impossible to bear.
Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name!” (John 12:27-28)
Did Jesus yell that or was he excited? Sounds like nerves to me. I'll bet that the disciples were truly confused.
What would you do if, like Jesus on that Wednesday, you knew you only had a couple of days left to live? What’s stopping you from doing those things now?
If it was me? I'd be irritable, crabby, and generally moody. I also don't think I'd keep it to myself. I'd definitely be talking to my BFF and my accountability partner. I certainly couldn't keep that kind of info to myself. I don't know if Jesus felt the stress but I do like to humanize him in thinking he did. I don't think he had any doubt about what he was doing or why but I do believe his soul was grieving for what was about to come.
We know Jesus prayed. I would definitely pray too. So what's stopping me from doing that now? Nothing. I am finding this year that the concept of praying without ceasing becomes easier and may be more practical when you have help. My help is the One Little Word (OLW) study that my church study group is doing. My word is Trust.
I'm learning quite a bite about this word. I'm learning that to trust in God one must be patient. I'm not a patient person. I want what I want and I want it now. My OLW has helped through some tense moments in the last few weeks. My OLW has been a help to me just this week.
My OLW is helping in this study this week. My OLW is bring me closer to God.
If you don't have a word you study or can meditate or pray on, I highly recommend that you pick one. It can help you get to the point where you can answer the questions What would you do? What is stopping you from doing those things today?
Will you join me this week and meditate on these things?
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