reflections on the love that changes everything
With all the pressures of starting a new school year & new activities in September, it is easy for us to get overwhelmed and off-track. Thankfully, Jesus has given us the gift of eternal life with him. As we train ourselves in living eternal life with Jesus, we are able to better live out our eternal life in the stresses of everyday life in this world. (Based on 1 Cor. 9:19-27.)
The Holy Spirit gives us the abundant life for which we thirst.
The Holy Spirit helps us to trust that we really are beloved, forgiven children of God
The Holy Spirit quenches our thirst for forgiveness by helping us to trust in Jesus.
The Holy Spirit helps us to have shalom peace in Jesus.
With our focus on Jesus, we can have resilience when our possessions perish.
As we rest in Jesus, he recalibrates our desires so that they align with what he knows is best for us and for the world.
Because Jesus has made us part of God’s new family, we are able to endure family challenges and love others as Jesus first loved us.
It is because of Jesus that we know that God is good and great, and we can trust him to fully heal us in the future.
Standing before the resurrected Jesus, in the company of our Jesus-following friends, we discover who we really are before God and before the world.
Farewell to Shadowlands 