I am sitting at my laptop trying to think of something to blog about. Nothing comes to mind, except write, uh type, anyway. So that's what I'm doing. I think that perhaps the biggest lesson we learn from Christ is to do as we're told. Obey. Jesus was obedient all the way to a cross on Calvary.  Jesus asked that He not have to go that far, but He did anyway. He didn't want to go through the agony, the excruciating pain of it all, the desolation and alone-ness. Do you know that excruciating comes from the same Latin root as crucify and cross? This pain is so bad and unique to crucifixion that they had to come up with a new word for it!  Jesus, knowing all things like He does, didn't want to experience that kind of pain but He was obedient. He obeyed. He wanted to please His Father.   Hebrews 5:7- 9 says During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions  with fervent cries and tears  to the one who could save him from death, an...

John 14:13 " And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son." John 14:31a  "but he comes so that the world may learn that I love the Father and do exactly what my Father has commanded me. " I think of the tough questions like Why was Jesus here? What was His purpose? Why would He do anything for me? The answers are not as hard as we may think. I think Jesus tells us very plainly. Jesus was here, Jesus' purpose and what He did for me is explained in the fourteenth chapter of John . Jesus came so that the Father may be glorified in the son and so we learn that Jesus love[s] the Father , as is evidenced by do[ing] exactly what [his] Father ha[d] commanded [him]. I'm not trying to imply that Jesus doesn't love me or you.  But He loves the Father more, actually the most of anything or anyone else.  He endured what he endured because of his love for God.  He loved God and had to demonstrate that immense love by ...

by Deanna Etienne - used by permission Zephaniah 2:3a Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land,        you who do what he commands.        Seek righteousness, seek humility; When I take time to seek the Lord, I find Him everywhere.  He is in the clouds, in the sunset, in a friend's smile, in my husband's warm embrace.  He is represented in so much if His creation it is hard to miss Him if we only would take the time to seek Him. Seeking righteousness can be hard especially when there are seemingly several righteous solutions.  I read a book once called Right From Wrong by Josh McDowell.  It was a hard book to read because I wanted to argue with each chapter that I didn't immediately agree with.  As I got into each chapter and argument, I had to agree with the author.  We have lots of gray areas where there are two or more seemingly correct, righteous choices but with God there is only bla...