Because I Love You

Good morning God! Thank you for today! Thank you for yesterday! Thank you for answering all of my prayers and the ones unspoken - the desires requested in my heart that you also answered. Thank you for JOY this morning! Last night I rested. I let go and feel deep within your love, grace, and power and fell asleep. It was a feeling that I would be fine no matter what happened. The feeling reminded me of Martin Luther King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech when he said, "I am not afraid... I am not fearing any man."   For many of us there is a perpetual fear, a feeling that someone is always out to get you when you’re a person whose outward identity is negatively targeted by others. There’s a feeling of a dark cloud diminishing your family’s joy when a close family member is chronically abusive. There’s a feeling of perpetual loss, of seeking and wanting to be found, when you’re separated from your mother or father at a young age. And there’s a constant fear associated with hidi...

P eace   I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid! I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But be of good cheer; I have overcome this world! -         Who has the audacity to say that? The audacity to believe they can overcome the World and believe they have already done so?  -         Who has the boldness to love others so much, to die for them AND give them peace; their peace?  -         Who says that? Who believes that? Who can do that? – JESUS THE CHRIST! The audacity of LOVE in a hateful World The audacity of PEACE in a troubled World The audacity of HOPE in you,  that you will believe and ask for whatever you want, whatever you need. Jesus said, “Ask in my name, and you will receive it, and your JOY will be complete.” Who wants JOY this holid...