I used to rush to take the tree down and put the lights away before the New Year began. It made sense to begin the year fresh. That is until one day it didn’t make much sense. Once I became a mom and I began to relate more to the little mother of Jesus, it […]
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The Jesse Tree Journals
Lectio Divina from the Jesse TreeMARY, JOSEPH, AND THE SIGN OF JONAH – Days 19-24Jonah 1:1-15, 2:1-11; Matthew 1:23; Isaiah 7:14; Luke 1:26-38; Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 2:1-7; Matthew 2:1-12 “The great storm has come upon you because of me.” My son is called Jonah. At first he hated it. Every time someone smartly repeated “Jonah […]
The Jesse Tree Journals
Lectio Divina from the Jesse TreeA SLING, A TORCH 🔥, A CHARIOT, AND A LION 🦁- Days 15-181 Samuel 17:1,4,8-11,32-37,40-511 Kings 3:5-28; 2 Kings 2:1-13; Daniel 6:4-5,7-13,17-28 “Only a youth.” I shared a dream once with an elder brother, in it lay the depths of truth and I wondered at why the Lord would have […]
The Jesse Tree Journals
Lectio Divina from the Jesse TreeLITTLE BOYS – Day 13 👦& 14 🎋1 Samuel 3:1-21; 16:1-13 “Not yet.” How often I have heard it spoken of the youth, “You’re not ready. You’re too young.” And yet, here is little Samuel, in the care of the elder Eli, sleeping in the same room with God “when […]
The Jesse Tree Journals
Lectio Divina from the Jesse Tree RUTH & NAOMI – Day 12 🌾 Ruth 1:1-8 “A Man from Bethlehem left home with his wife.” There’s a saying that ‘mama doesn’t know what mama doesn’t know, until she knows it.’ I don’t think I fully began to understand the beauty of Ruth and Naomi’s relationship until […]