Tag Archives: hope

#EASTER: Joy (everlasting) Joy, Joy, Joy!!!

Posted on April 21, 2019 by

A blessed Easter to one and all: Let us rejoice & be glad! Easter love to all from Virginia @ Roses in the Rubble! “Jesus no longer belongs to the past but lives in the present and is projected toward … Continue reading →

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#Easter: Holy Saturday (betwixt & between) Faith

Posted on April 20, 2019 by

On Holy Saturday we are betwixt & between the crucifixion and the resurrection, waiting for Easter hallelujahs. Being betwixt & between is not always an easy place to be as it usually entails WAITING (something impatient redheads are not so … Continue reading →

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#GoodFriday: Drawing Closer to the Cross

Posted on April 19, 2019 by

On Good Friday Jesus is rejected, beaten, mocked, whipped, and scourged. After carrying a heavy cross, nails pierce His hands and His feet. There He hangs on the cross, suffering for you and me; suffering for us and all humanity. … Continue reading →

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#HolyWeek: Smelly Feet LOVE!!!

Posted on April 18, 2019 by

Holy Thursday takes us to the Upper Room where the first thing Jesus did was wash the feet of the disciples, humbly like a servant. Across the world this evening thousands of lay people will have their feet washed by … Continue reading →

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#HolyWeek: Open Hearts (a prayer for)

Posted on April 17, 2019 by

Here’s a prayer on this Wednesday of Holy Week… “Open our hearts, God. To instruction, unheard. To possibility, unseen. To love, unfelt. To joy, unknown. If we have been closed off, we repent. And we ask You to open our … Continue reading →

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#HolyWeek: Let Nothing Disturb You…

Posted on April 16, 2019 by

As we prepare for Good Friday and Easter Sunday maybe a few fears lurking about in the corners of our hearts continue to erode our inner peace. (There are way too many scary things in our whacked out world today … Continue reading →

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#Holy Week: costly (& fragrant) worship

Posted on April 15, 2019 by

 “Mary took a liter of costly perfumed oil made from genuine aromatic nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and dried them with her hair; the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfumed oil.”  (John 12:3) When we … Continue reading →

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