PROMISE TO FULFILLMENT (6)
BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD!
Be in your prayer space, follow the usual steps and settle into silence.
Sit still…..Relax…….Do not rush………
Settle into silence, into peacefulness, into profound silence, into pure joy. Keep listening in such quietness and serenity. Come to that place, that space within, that place of deep silence, Solitude, to just being here and now without having to accomplish something.
Take a moment. Bless your day. Let your day Bless you……Take another moment. Bless your world. Let your world bless you……
We made a journey with Jesus through Lent and have come to experience Easter. It was a great journey. The mystery of following Jesus cannot be put into simple words. The mystery of dying and rising with Christ is an experience at the depth of our hearts which no word can describe. We will continue to meet testing times – may even fight a few demons. We will have our periods of fatigue and despair, fear and anxiety, doubts and frustrations. We may make wrong turns and “U” turns……But we will journey, we will move on, we will stay focused and we will rely on his presence with us on the journey…
We made a journey with Jesus from Ashes to fire and have come to experience Easter. We may not look different – we may not even feel different. Yet deep inside of us, we are different because we met him in life and in death – we have risen with him – we are new persons and a new people because the one who died and was laid in the tomb is alive. He now lives and holds out to us the hope of a new life.
We must move on and meet Jesus, alive, where we are, now, at this point in our history………
Peter and John went to the tomb and found everything as Mary had described. This excerpt concludes by saying that they believed without understanding the scripture "that he had to rise from the dead".
Real faith is born of relationship. It is not an affirmation or acceptance of doctrines or acceptance of details of an event that can be verified scientifically or otherwise. To believe is to relate…to believe is to trust…to believe is to be intimate…to believe is to be in communion. Our belief in the resurrection and our commitment to live a resurrected life is the result of our communion with the risen Christ.
The early Christians had new insights into all the things Jesus said and did while he was among them when they recognized that Jesus had risen from the dead. The resurrection of Jesus was an act of love by which God had transformed everyone and everything. This enabled them to understand the meaning of the cross and why Jesus had to die.…
The resurrection of Jesus offered new possibilities of forgiveness, peace, faith, hope, love……. Even the reality of doubt has gained a new meaning and value. The reality of doubt began to be seen as an integral part of our journey of faith. Thomas stands out as a source of encouragement for all believers. As a questioning person, Thomas moved from skepticism and disbelief to a firm and committed faith (John 20:19-31)……
Take a couple of gentle, slow and deep breaths…becoming aware of your breath going in and out… stay focused on this breath of life…
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