From a Christian perspective, our true self, this reality of who we are to be, precedes our actual life because it exists in the eternal love-will of God before we exist. In other words, we are created, not just once but continually in what we call grace, for a purpose and meaning that predates us. […]
The Sermon on the Mount; The Beatitudes 5 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain; and after He sat down, His disciples came to Him. 2 And He opened His mouth and began to teach them, saying, 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 “Blessed are
Psalm 50:1-6 Deus deorum The Mighty One, God the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. 3 Our God comes; he does not keep silence; before him is a devouring fire, around him a mighty tempest.4 He calls to the heavens above and to the earth,
2 Corinthians 4:3-6 Even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For we
2 Kings 2:1-12 When the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here; for the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I
Psalm 147:1-12, 21c Laudate Dominum 1 Hallelujah!How good it is to sing praises to our God! *how pleasant it is to honor him with praise! 2 The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem; *he gathers the exiles of Israel. 3 He heals the brokenhearted *and binds up their wounds. 4 He counts the number of the stars *and
Mark 1:29-39 After Jesus and his disciples left the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told him about her at once. He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up. Then the fever left
Isaiah 40:21-31 Have you not known? Have you not heard?Has it not been told you from the beginning?Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,and spreads them like a
