Pastor Tom's Journal

FOR THE HEALING OF THE NATIONS My heart is drawn to Psalm 41. He does not say, "Heal me because I am a good man," here. Nor does he suggest any qualities of his character to make him deserving. Rather he pleads his own sin as the reason he requests healing. Please hear me. Please heal me. Please bless me? Why should I? Because I am a sinner and I have sinned against you. It gives me hope. Heal me of my sickness because my greatest sickness is my sin. It has disabled me. It has humbled me. It torments me. Imagine that, the greatest qualification for healing is the need we have for it. On that basis, I certainly qualify! " The LORD sustains him on his sickbed;in his illness you restore him to full health." "As for me, I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me;heal me, for I have sinned against you!”" -Psalm 41:3-4 ESV

from  Jesus Mafa Martha, Martha, Mary Has Chosen What Is Best.   #maryandmartha   #Jesus   #kairos   #chronos   #meditation   #spirutality   #devotional   #prayer Background Readings Amos 8:1-12 Psalm 52, Colossians 1:15-28, Luke 10:38-42 Dear Martha “…Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.” -Luke 10:41b-42   There has been so much said about Martha, but Jesus was not criticizing her. Martha started the criticism with her complaint that Mary was not helping with the entertaining duties.  She was joining the men.  She was soaking up the presence and the words of Jesus. She was investing in things that were intangible.  Jesus did not invalidate Martha or her work. He observed that she was busy and frantic and occupied with many things.  These things could have occupied Mary as well. There...

Our resilience can aid the resilience of our people and lead to the resilience of our organizations. #makethebest #resilience #hope #healing #grief #mourning #remembering  https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/things-do-always-go-well-tom-sims-0egqe

Do Likewise “Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise. “ — Luke 10:36–37 We all know the story. It was prompted by a question and occasioned by a teaching in response to a greater question. What we have here is the application: Go and do likewise. One question led to another, then to a story, and then to the lesson Jesus desired to imprint upon every heart: that everyone is our neighbor and that loving our neighbor is about making a practical and active decision to do so and following through regardless of our feelings. A legal expert who sought to trap Jesus in His own words asked Him what was necessary to inherit eternal life. He turned the question back to him and to his knowledge and interpretation of the law. “Love God and love your neighbor” was both the answer he gave and the one that Jesus Himself gave on another occasion when asked wh...