How do you inherit eternal life? Luke 10:27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” I encourage you to pray about this today, are you loving him with all your heart, soul, strength and mind? Please spend some time today … Continue reading

Time and time again I have heard people talk about taking up our cross and bearing our burdens.  But, is that really what Jesus meant when he talked to his disciples? Luke 9:23 Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.” Jesus was actually saying to the disciples that they … Continue reading Taking up the Cross-Luke 9

I almost drowned. Well, in my mind at least! We have arrived at Luke Chapter 8 and to be honest I was waiting for this moment.  Originally, the little human that I am wanted to tell you how many times I read the section A Lamp on as Stand.  I was going through my failing first marriage and couldn’t figure out what was really going … Continue reading The Drowning- Luke 8

There is no doubt as we continue to read through the Life of Jesus in the book of Luke we see miracle after miracle.  We see Jesus teach, we see him heal, express love and forgive.  Oh what a wonderful God we serve! His expressions of love and kindness know no bounds and I am so thankful for that.  Jesus has walked our path. He … Continue reading The Dead & the Saved- Luke 7

There is an enormous amount of content that can be discussed about the 6th chapter of Luke.  The characters, the blessings, the woes, the judges, love, the foolish, the wise are all essential to this chapter so it was hard for me to choose only one to discuss.  When I think about the imagery of the fruit trees I cannot help but think about parents … Continue reading Love, Judges and Fruit Trees-Luke 6

Fisherman would go from fishing for fish to hearing Jesus say (Luke 5:10) “…Don’t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.” A leper would (Luke 5:13) “Be clean!” But wait…..in the middle of providing miracles Luke 5:16  tells us “But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.”  How often do we lose sight of Christ? How many of us “forget” to … Continue reading The Need for a Doctor-Luke 5

Keep in mind as we go through this journey in the book of Luke, I will be pointing out various verses that we may normally just skim over. When I was little, my brother used to ALWAYS get the bigger cereal bowl.  Every morning 2 bowls full of cereal would be poured and without fail he claimed that big bowl as his own.  One day … Continue reading Temptation of a Teacher-Luke 4

When I was a child I was told that I was baptized in the Catholic faith as a baby.  As I grew I thought that really all this meant was I got Godparents.  There were these two people who would care for me if something happened to my parents.  Years later, my family would join a non-denominational church and baptism had a new meaning for … Continue reading Water & a Dove-Luke 3

So the part of my brain that is easily influenced wanted to write Luke 2:14 as I heard Linus from the Charlie Brown Christmas cartoon giving his speech, but suddenly I had to stop myself and remember that my plan was to see new things during this time of reading.  Then I saw this and my heart melted: Luke 2:40 And the child grew and … Continue reading Happy Birthday Jesus! Luke 2

Social media can bring about all kinds of distraction for us, but I do enjoy new and fresh ideas from others. I, along with many others I am sure, will be reading a chapter of the Gospel of Luke each day up to Christmas. The story of the birth of Jesus will be told throughout the world this month. Children will dress up as wise … Continue reading Silenced & Faithful-Luke 1