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Posted on 03/31/2011 9:31:17 PM PDT by JustAmy
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Thank you, Conor.
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What a nice place to have lunch, Meg! A nap........ not so much! :)
Blessed Palm Sunday to you, Teenie! Thank you for your graphic!
A Blessed Sunday to you, Conor!
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Beautiful, Conor!
John 12:12-13 "On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord."
Palm Sunday is the day that Jesus made His triumphant entry into Jerusalem on the back of an unridden donkey. People along the way waved palm branches in welcome shouting “Hosanna—blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord”. They laid those palm branches as a sort of “red carpet” for his animal to walk on.
Our desire to follow Jesus must contain more than following the physical man of Jesus Christ. We must honor Him by living His teachings in our own daily lives.
What teachings does Palm Sunday contain for us? Jesus taught by example on Palm Sunday.
First – Riding a donkey into Jerusalem instead of a magnificent white horse, or golden chariot, shows confidence. This was confidence beyond human confidence. He rode the path in humility. There was no self-need to build Himself up through an outer show of flash or force. He was confident because he was one with God. There is no greater confidence than oneness with God. No matter what you face in life, if you are one with God, you can face it without a need to prove yourself to others, or uplift yourself through outer things. You do not need outer proof because inside of you is the unshakable, unbreakable, undeniable confidence in an unfailing God.
Second – A miracle happened that day when Jesus successfully sat on the unridden donkey and, third, that he could guide and ride on that unridden donkey through shouting crowds, pressing-in crowds, and crowds waving palm branches. This clearly shows the power of the Christ over a lower animal nature that would ordinarily buck, and try to throw off its rider in fear.
We follow Jesus by allowing the Christ in us to ride over our own lower animal natures. The Christ within us can tame and bring peace to our wildest lower animal natures. Christ power can override, and successfully ride, that lower self through any harmful environment or negative peer group pressures that, before, would have swayed us back to a way of life that the lower self wallows in.
Do you have a bad habit that needs to be overridden? Then allow the Christ within you to override it. The Christ will successfully ride and tame addictions of the lower animal self to alcohol or drugs. The Christ will ride and tame angers or unforgiveness. No matter how the lower self in you defines itself, the Christ within you can override and tame its destructive ways.
No matter where you go, the Christ power goes with you protecting you from future temptations. You will be blessed inside of yourself and by people all around you because you come in the name of the Lord.
I bless you on this Palm Sunday in the hope that you will follow Jesus in this way.
PRAYER:
I now make a conscious choice to choose God's way. I ask for God's help in helping me to overcome any lower human tendencies to pick a lesser path.
Thank You God!
Your garden is looking quite beautiful, Conor! Thanks for sharing these!
Beautiful daffodils from your yard! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you, Pam..I wouldn’t want to sleep on the bench..LOL
This is the true story of George Phillips of Meridian, Mississippi, who was going to bed when his wife told him that he’d left the light on in the shed. George opened the door to go turn off the light but saw there were people in the shed in the process of stealing things.
He immediately phoned the police, who asked “Is someone in your house?” and George said no and explained the situation. Then they explained that all patrols were busy, and that he should simply lock his door and an officer would be there when available.
George said, “Okay,” hung up, counted to 30, and phoned the police again.
“Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people in my shed. Well, you don’t have to worry about them now because I’ve just shot them all.”
Then he hung up. Within five minutes three squad cars, an Armed Response unit, and an ambulance showed up. Of course, the police caught the burglars red-handed.
One of the policemen said to George: “I thought you said that you’d shot them!”
George said, “I thought you said there was nobody available!”
You are welcome,its my honor to be here. Have a blessed day.
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“Vow Changes”
Ken and Melba had finished their breakfast at the retirement home and were relaxing in the library.
“You know,” said Melba, “today, in most marriage ceremonies, they don’t use the word ‘obey’ anymore.”
“Too bad, isn’t it?” retorted Ken. “It used to lend a little humor to the occasion.”
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shelly
CORRECT JOKE
“Vow Changes”
Ken and Melba had finished their breakfast at the retirement home and were relaxing in the library.
“You know,” said Melba, “today, in most marriage ceremonies, they don’t use the word ‘obey’ anymore.”
“Too bad, isn’t it?” retorted Ken. “It used to lend a little humor to the occasion.”
That's what I figured, too! :)
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