#messyjoy
I love a parade! How can anyone NOT love a parade? Home town parades with the high school band, old cars, kids on the firetrucks, old tractors, old cars, and of course the horses. People line the street waving at the procession hoping to have candy tossed their way. Joy and Smiles abound! Ticker Tape parades with paper floating in the air honoring heroes. Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade with the giant balloons through the streets of NYC. The Rose Bowl parade with all
#messyhope
John 12:20-33 Death. Others. Ours. In this passage Jesus talks about His death. He first tells the disciples that it is time for time for the Son of God to be glorified. He uses the illustration that a seed, a grain of wheat, must die in the ground before it can produce any fruit. Death must come before more life. And then He tells them, and us, that He must die because that is why He has come. His death is for our benefit. His death draws all people, even us, to him! When we
#messylove
John 3:14-21 (NASB) 14 As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; 15 so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life. 16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. 18 He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does n
#messypeace
John 2:13-22 My husband and I have been hesitant in sharing what has been going on in our life lately with anyone outside of our immediate trust circle. I mean we waited to share things with our parents until we couldn’t not tell them anything anymore. But now the stars have aligned, church leadership needed a last minute devotional, and here I am smack dab in the middle of my own #messypeace story. Our oldest child has a lump on his neck. Will, being a physician, noticed thi
#messylife
The concert and the encores had ended and patrons and friends were gathered around the pianist with accolades and admirations. One fan exclaimed: “I would give anything to be able to play like that.” The pianist replied: “I have already given everything.” Who of us has not at one time or another felt or expressed a similar thought. Most of us have made a sacrifice at one time another, but have retained our ownership of ourselves. Jesus was describing those who would be
