A prophecy from the Book of Isaiah comes true. Isaiah 40:2-4 ~ Speak tenderly to Jerusalem and tell her that her sins are all paid for. She will receive from the LORD's Hand d.o.u.b.l.e. for all her sins. In your desert, prepare the way for your God. Your every valley will be raised up and your every mountain will be made low that the King of Glory will be revealed in you, through you. That's, An Epiphany, A Treasure of Grace. Here He is! A Messenger sent before your face. The Beginning of the Gospel of no end. Here He comes from Galilee to be baptized. Now, it's a Theophany! Hear the Heavens tear open when HE comes out of the baptismal waters of The Jordan. The Spirit descends on HIM, a docile dove. A Rest we know not. A Voice confirms from Heaven...'My Beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased."
Mark paints a portrait of our Suffering Savior.
And so do you, paint a picture of the suffering Savior, so beautifully. Love those words you wrote, Bev.
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Who needs to hear this good news today? I do, and I'm guessing each one in my path needs it, too. Who will I tell today either with words or action that Jesus loves them this much? The Savior, filled with such grace as this, Who went down in the Jordan and came up, getting a proud Father's praise-- My Son, in Whom I am well pleased!
Thank you, thank you Lord. You save us every single day and Once so magnificently!
"Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen."
ReplyDeleteThinking about all of these ordinary men who Christ went fishing for.
Wonder what they thought when He offerred to make them "fishers of men."
They were definitely that...ordinary men who changed the world as they followed Christ.
Eye-witnesses of Him.
Believing to the death, cruel death.
That kind of faith was real. They didn't fake Christ's resurrection.
They knew He rose from the dead and performed miracles. They knew His kindness and his truth. They knew He was no ordinary man. "Thou art The Christ."
Faith.
Ministry unto death.
Spirit-filled.