Expressions

By the Waters of Babylon Psalm 137; John 14:16, 27; Psalm 96:1; 1 Peter 1:8; Acts 2:4   BY THE WATERS OF BABYLON I can sing the Lord’s song because the Paraclete resides in me healing the fissures in my heart and filling every enclave with joy unspeakable. He fills me from the basement to […]

DRIVEN BY APPETENCE and bile towards Jesus and all who followed Him – Saul, hell-bent went on that highway to Damascus, blinded by rage against delinquent Jews, resolute to slay all who professed faith in Jesus. And then transcendent holy light – creative radiance from the Heavenly Throne, suffused his sight and filled his understanding […]

  Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” Matthew 26:39   I HAVE A SUPER mobile phone, That doesn’t cost a cent. It belongs to me alone, And cannot […]

FROM A DOLLOP OF CLAY, the Creator God with His bare hands configured a man Into His own image, breathing His spirit into lifeless matter, and miraculously transmogrified mud into flesh and bone and living tissue and as blood filled his body man became a living soul: fearfully and wonderfully made.   Bestowed the mantle […]

WHAT A STRANGE FLURRY of stars across the paddocks of the night sky that evening two millennia ago when the daystar fashioned in the astral foundries of the Creator swept across the community of stars to take its signal place over Bethlehem, to chart and mark for scholars of celestial lights who can transcribe nocturnal […]

HIS GRACE is sufficient. Then why should I need fear, Though the testing be hard, And the trial severe? He tempers each wind at upon me doth blow, And tenderly whispers, “ Thy father doth know!” His power is sufficient, Then why should I quail, Though the storm clouds hang low, And though wild is […]

WHEN Jesus looks upon my life, What picture does He see. Does He see His own refl ection, Or does He just see me. Does He see His likeness, The product of His hand. Or just another Christian, Who never took a stand. Does He see a child of God, A child that He made […]

FOR the mighty hands who have united the seed of the man with the soil of the woman, For the womb of the woman who gave us shelter and fellowship in his life, For the heart of the woman who comforted us and set the rhythm of life in our soul, For the pains of […]

“WHAT do you buy in Bethlehem?” Asked a tourist on her way, “Or beads, or rugs or shining brass, Or damascene, or crystal glass? What souvenirs, I pray?” Now, I’ve been in the shops in Bethlehem I’ve elbowed the travelling lot Buying mother-of-pearl, and olive woods And “Bethlehem stars” and other goods, But my frozen […]

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT wrote:   “Many people will walk in and out of your life, But only true friends will leave footprints in your heart. To handle yourself, use your head; To handle others, use your heart. Anger is only one letter short of danger. If someone betrays you once, it is his fault; If he […]

THREE things of life once gone never come back –Time, words and opportunity. Three things of life must not be lost –Peace, hope and honesty. Three things of life are most valuable –Love, self-confidence and friends. Three things of life are never sure –Dreams, success and fortune. Three things make a man/woman –Hard work, sincerity […]

1. Jesus Is Judged 2. Jesus Receives His Cross 3. Jesus Falls For The First Time 4. Jesus Meets His Mother 5. Simon Of Cyrene Helps Jesus Carry His Cross 6. Veronica Wipes Jesus’ Brow 7. Jesus Falls For A Second Time 8. Jesus Talks To The Weeping Women 10. Jesus Is Stripped Of His […]