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The Price Of Divine Desire

We often stop to think about our own circumstances - our own wants and needs. Our own desires are continually within a hairs breadth of our current thinking... How often though, do we give any thought to what Jesus wants - to what He's allowed Himself to desire with a costly passion? Do those thoughts guide the response to Him that we're living out? When Jesus began His ministry in human form on earth it was with the desire to please His Father. He knew what He wanted and He already knew beforehand what it would cost Him. The price was very high, but wrapped up in that desire to please His Father was another desire also - because what the Father loves with such passion, the Son loves passionately as well.  As Jesus ministered to the people that came to hear Him along with the others that He encountered during those 3 years of His adult ministry, He demonstrated His love for His Father by His obedience, but He also demonstrated the love that He had for people. It was and is a ge

Piecing The Veil

Easter is once again approaching and as usual my thoughts about it drive me deeper - beyond my normal desire to touch the reality of what Christ has done, not only for me, but for all that will come to Him. A part of that for me springs from an advantage of not only having read what the bible says, but in having studied the history and culture of the people and time surrounding Christ's feet touching the earth in human form. Delving into that reality makes me long even more to find deeper intimacy with the God who sent His only Son to spare the likes of me... because He loves me and you so much. It creates a desire to reach past the concerns of this life, to pierce the veil of humanity and touch the eternal reality - the heart of the God who created us. The quotation of one of the most popular verses in scripture often leaves out a a couple of following verses that are key to finding that intimacy with Father God. That verse is Jeremiah 29:11  "For I know the thoughts that I t