Tag: blessed

  • A Happy Hope in the LORD our God Psalm 146

    Are YOU a happy sort of human being? Where do YOU find your hope in all that is happening? The Psalmist points you (and me) to the LORD and away from mortals and empty promises for hope that can never satisfy. Psalm 146: הַלְלוּ־יָהּ הַלְלִי נַפְשִׁי אֶת־יְהוָה׃ As is the case with so many Psalms…

    Psalm 145:5-6 with picture of shells in the sea as a puzzle Happy is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
  • Hail Mary, humble wife of GOD

    And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. Gospel of Luke 2:16 King James Version Mary an Introduction Christians, Jews and unbelievers know parts of the iconic scene unfolding in Bethlehem through a virgin Jewish mother. Today I honor Mary most appropriately by retelling her story…

    2024 Christmas Nativity Joseph Mary and Jesus in a manger
  • Blessed are those who may enter by the gates

    Doxology – Blessed are YOU, LORD God! Beatitude, we think; ‘Blessed are you when..’ and Jesus personally embraces the crowds in His sermon on the mount. Doxology, however, is when we bless God. Praise God from whom all blessing flow. In Christ Jesus doxology becomes the sweet water of God’s love flowing towards us from…

    photo sunset over calm purple waters -" To the one who conquers, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.