Month: April 2023

Have you ever felt afraid or knew things weren’t going to go right? Jesus did, yet he knew and was comfortable with his destiny. Are you comfortable with your destiny? Have you made your peace with God? For Jesus, it was pretty obvious six days before Passover when Mary poured pure nard, an expensive perfume, on Jesus’ feet at Bethany. Jesus knew this was preparation for his burial, yet he went forward, right into Jerusalem, without fear, knowing what awaited him.

Jerusalem, Jesus last Stand.pdf

You’re probably wondering what the heck I’m talking about and where I’m headed with this, but as Christians, we too should be standing in the gap for others.  It’s not humiliating to do that and all it takes is a few minutes of our time to “fill in the gap,” to be there for someone else and to protect them.  You don’t have to know them, to stand in the gap for them.

Standing in the Gap.pdf

The poet Philip James Bailey first released his magnum opus “Festus” in 1839. Later Bailey started to expand his poem. In 1853 a version was published in the United States that included the following passage.

“We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most—feels the noblest—acts the best.“