Mary Magdalene’s story shows us a lot about Jesus and His mercy and character in contrast to the harshness of the culture at that time and the brutality women face in many parts of the world today. Just last night I was watching a show about a father who killed his own daughter in what [...]
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Easter- Mary Magdalene’s Story Shows us a lot about Jesus
Posted in Easter, forgiveness, Inspirational, Jesus, Love, Spiritual Life, Sprituality on April 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Thursday of Holy Week- Jesus Was Not A Helpless Victim
Posted in Crucifixion, Easter, forgiveness, God, Good Friday, Inspirational, Jesus, Love, Spiritual Life, Sprituality, tagged Easter on April 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
At times it may seem as if Jesus is portrayed as being a helpless victim during His betrayal, arrest, mock trial, and crucifixion. A brief conversation recorded in John 18 shows a sometimes overlooked aspect of the Passion of Jesus. 4 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that would come upon Him, went forward and said to [...]
Mary’s advice at Cana- “Do whatever He tells you”
Posted in forgiveness, God, Inspirational, Jesus, Mary mother of Jesus, Miracles Past and Present, Prayer, Spiritual Life, Sprituality on December 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I was reflecting today on the advice Mary gave to the servants at the Wedding in Cana. Jesus was there with His disciples and a problem arose. They ran out of wine. Mary informed Jesus of the problem and He said “woman why do you involve me, my time has not yet come”. Mary spoke [...]
What does our Jesus our Guide on our Journey want for us?
Posted in forgiveness, God, Inspirational, Jesus, religion, Spiritual Life, Sprituality on August 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Whenever I am under the leadership of another person one of the questions I have is- What does this person want for me? Other questions I have are; what is this person’s vision, what are this person’s goals, what does this person want for others besides me. If we need to rely one someone, we [...]
Light in the Dark places on Our Journey
Posted in forgiveness, God, Inspirational, Jesus, peace, Spiritual Life, Sprituality on August 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As we travel on our journey in this life we will at times come to dark times of loneliness, despair, failure, and times when we fall into sin. Those times have been called dark nights of the soul by some people who have gone on to be considered great people of faith in the history [...]
Happy Birthday in heaven to my father Gary Kohrell
Posted in death, forgiveness, God, heaven, Inspirational, Jesus, religion, Spiritual Life, Sprituality on January 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
January 6th is my father’s birthday. This year will be the first time he celebrates it in heaven. This is something I never thought I would be able to say with confidence because for many years he did not want to hear anything about Jesus or God from me. We did to have a very [...]
One of the gifts given to the baby Jesus showed why He came to us
Posted in Christmas, forgiveness, God, Holidays, Inspirational, Jesus, Love, Spiritual Life, Sprituality on December 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At Christmas time many people exchange gifts. Children will wake up early on Christmas morning excited to see what presents they have. Presents are always nice to receive. Sometimes they are just to make the person happy and express our love. Sometimes there is a meaning behind the present such as when a man gives [...]
The love of Jesus blew the minds of even the angels
Posted in Christmas, forgiveness, God, Holidays, Inspirational, Jesus, Love, Spiritual Life, Sprituality on December 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Several years ago wrote a Drama Monologue for a worship service. I tried to put myself in the shoes of the angels trying to comprehend that Jesus had become a human baby. I wrote it from Gabriel’s perspective. He was the angel that God sent to Mary to tell her of His plan. Imagine Gabriel [...]
Thanksgiving- that is what we enter His presence with
Posted in death, forgiveness, God, Inspirational, Jesus, Sickness, Spiritual Life, Sprituality, thankfulness on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Psalm 100 says “Enter His gates with Thanksgiving in our hearts”. It is easy to enter His presence when things are going well. Sometimes things do not go well for us. Things happen such as sickness, death of a loved one, financial troubles, and relationship problems. It is at those times that we really need [...]
Forgiveness- the path to real power
Posted in death, forgiveness, God, Inspirational, Jesus, Prayer, Spiritual Life, Sprituality on November 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
When someone harms us, it is tempting to hold onto the anger and resent the person. In a way we feel it gives us power over the person. As long as we hold on to the grudge, in our minds we are making the person pay for what they did. In reality we are making [...]
