Consider the Lilies

Tag: Jesus’ Words

  • Sent Sparrows

    Sent Sparrows

    Setting: an ordinary day at work, in a basement office at The Salvation Army, in a somewhat drab brick building on a busy corner in Hartford CT. In this office, there are two windows that are level with the ground, since I work in the “garden level” (AKA basement) of the building. I hear noise…

  • Lenses

    Finally, my new glasses, tailored to exactly correct my vision, had arrived. I was so excited to pick them up at my optometrists’ office. It wasn’t that I was unable to see anything. I am grateful that while I cannot see perfectly without glasses, I do have. To not see a sunset, words, a baby’s…

  • Follow or Come?

    It struck me last night that there is a difference in following and coming.  I have heard those two words used to denote differences between saved (following Jesus) and unsaved (the invitation to come to Jesus).  However, those two words – follow and come – are both used to describe Jesus’ disciples.  Simon Peter and…