“Give me another jar,” her voice trembled as she reached out her hand. The small flask of oil she held in her other hand was heavy with oil. She shook her head as yet another clay jar was filled with the golden liquid. Again and again, the woman stretched out her hand for the clay …
Category Archives: My Life, His Garden
I Will Pray
I was struggling to shake the sleep from my eyes as I started my day. I felt that I had awakened that morning as tired as when I lay down the night before. I settled at my kitchen table with coffee in one hand and my bible in the other, quietly asking the Lord to …
Break Out!
How often I have looked to heaven and cried, “Oh, that You would rend the heavens, Lord, and come down!”(Is 64:1) I have bent myself in my prayer closet and whispered, “Lord, come and break through the darkness.” (2 Sam 5:20) There is nothing inherently wrong with these prayers and certainly we do want the …
Go to the Mountain
God told Moses, “This will be the sign I have sent you: when you bring the people out of Egypt, you will serve Me on this mountain.” (Exodus 3:12) God bound Himself to an appointment with a man on Sinai’s rugged peaks. After the promised meeting, Moses left that mountaintop glowing with glory that had …
Surrendering
Jesus knelt in the garden and prayed, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.” (Mt 26:39) May I confess to you that I am challenged by this prayer? I pray something like that sometimes, but I may not really mean …
The Towel
Peter watched indignantly as Jesus knelt before each man in the room. The towel wrapped around His waist belonged to a servant, not the Messiah! How could the others let Him wash their dirty feet? Peter’s face was set and his heart grieved as the Lord moved the pan of water in front of him. …
Perfect Praise
As Jesus rode into Jerusalem gates, He was met with passionate enthusiasm by the crowds who assumed He was coming in to vanquish the Roman conquerors. I always thought that the cries of “Hosanna! Blessed is He Who comes in the name of the Lord!” must have sounded somehow hollow to Jesus as He rode …
Reputation
Now in the morning, as He returned to the city, He was hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, “Let no fruit grow on you ever again.” Immediately the fig tree withered away. (Matthew 21:18-19) Jesus came hungry to the fig …
Cleaning the Temple
The Temple was bustling that day. Money changers bickered with worshippers over the exchange rate of foreign currency. Peddlers of doves, the poor man’s sacrifice, sat with their cages full waiting for the next customer. Business was booming –until Jesus arrived. He walked into the Temple court like He owned it. Holy anger burned His …
Her Alabaster Box
The alabaster box was heavy in her hands as Mary slipped into the room where Jesus was eating dinner with His disciples. The men in the room watched and wondered as they noticed what she carried. What was Mary up to?Would she sell the expensive box with its rare perfume and give a generous gift …