Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?”Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me. “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
Judas (not Iscariot) asks a fundamental question and one which I need to ask and dwell upon the answer. Perhaps I also need to include 'why?' in the question. Do I comprehend the depth and power of the LORD, God, the Almighty for me? Is it the driving force behind every aspect of my life? That love for His Creation, "For God so loved the world" is so powerful and intense that a member of the Trinity came as an incarnate man to take the punishment for the havoc that man wrecks on His pristine Creation.
Today's readings in the Psalms:
Morning: Psalm 44
Mid-day: 119:137-144
Evening: Psalm 120
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