when ‘home’ is no longer where you belong

In our ever-changing world and transient communities, it is so difficult to feel that we ‘belong’, but let us never forget that this is not our home- for we are just passing through.

Eternity has been put in the hearts of all man and this is to confirm that we were created for more than this time and realm.

Let us not build and put down all our roots in this soil, but be aware of building where it will last for beyond our ‘dust bodies’.

the ressurection of lazarus

 Jesus has a plan. (John 11.)

The sisters have their own ideas of what Jesus is able to do (heal before death) and are so gutted when this opportunity passes by without even any sign of Jesus. Although they don’t give up on putting their faith in Him- it just has changed from healing in this life, to the resurrection of the next. 

Jesus weeps. This shows how deeply He’s touched by our heart’s pain. Even though He knows He has a plan that will blow people’s minds, this does not make Him exempt from feeling our pain in the process of what we believe to be loss.

Before the miracle of death unto life, there is an awareness of the stench that will come with it, and yet this isn’t even responded to by Jesus. He just calls forth the miracle of life and tells the sisters and people to take off the outfit of death. This would potentially have been such a nasty job and yet sometimes this is part of our miracles coming forth, that it offends our senses.

Lazarus would then end up dying again and so a miracle isn’t just for the miracle- it is for the hearts of men and women to come to the Light of the world, the Way, the Truth and the Life. For all eternity. Not just here.

Our miracle will also bring with it the fact there will be more determination for others to see us taken out. The prince of the age/world has blinded those who don’t believe and acts of Love and Life will be used to create hatred and persecution.