i hope my words are strange and wondrous,

like kisses that quiet all things superfluous,

so that we can all stop and

listen

i will try to do this for the rest of the week.

Today's passage is John 14:

verses that stood out to me:

4 "You know the way to the place where I am going"

27 "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid."

31 "but the world must learn that I love the Father and that I do exactly what my Father has commanded me."

much of John 14 consists of Jesus answering the questions of the disciples, and reiterating that he will be with them, and that the Holy Spirit will come.

it hit me though, in verse 4, when he said that we know the way to the place where he is going...

how often i feel lost, and i feel like i don't know where im going. and why he would say that.

i think more often than not, its my desire to not go that blinds me, because i don't want to hear. or maybe i just don't know him well enough. because Jesus says, "I am the way, the truth and the light"

the peace that he talks about however, i know.

i know it because i have it.

i have had it ever since i opened my heart.

and to it i owe my peace of mind, peace of soul, peace of heart.

praise the Lord.

Jesus is in Jerusalem, he has entered riding a donkey.

it is tuesday. and friday fast approaches.

Jesus died in obedience.

for love, and for us.

so that we may know him,

so that we may know the way.

so that we may have peace, because we walk the way with him, and not alone.

Prayers for today:

to have an undivided heart for God. may it be wholly yours.

to have the gift of faith and wisdom. for without it, my words are meaningless.

to have the anointing of the Holy Spirit to be full in my life.

it is well.

it is well with my soul.