Nebraska wildlife

Last week I enjoyed taking a couple of friends from church and my daughter through the Henry Doorley Wildlife Safari. Free ranging animal species surrounded our car at times. God really made the prarie an ecosystem not unlike the African Plains. Instead of wildebeast we have buffalo. In stead of African lions we had panthers, wolves and bears. I marvel at the beauty and majesty of some of God's creatures. enjoy these pictures.

Pentecost - The Wonderful Gift of the Holy Spirit

The believers had gathered and waited as Jesus had told them to as he ascended into heaven. Waiting for God to act and not knowing what one is waiting for is not easy. They in faith waited. Their faith and patience was rewarded! Waiting is hard for us modern believers.
A mighty rushing wind filled the room. Tongues of fire rested on each believer's head. Though they were from different parts of the known world and they would normally not be able to talk and understand one another, they suddenly could. They spoke each in his own tongue, but they heard and understood one another. They were empowered by the Holy Spirit to speak the language of God's love to one another. Confused and individual believers became the united Body of Christ in that room on Pentecost. The church was born.
I pray for the Body of Christ throughout the world today. May we each wait with open hearts and minds for the Holy Spirit to rush into our lives and communities. There are so many voices and different agendas and languages bombarding our senses throughout the world these days. What a great gift to God and the entire world it would be if we believers opened our hearts and minds to the Holy Spirit this Pentecost season. We just might all talk and understand one another. The language of God's love might unite us.
Pray for the Holy Spirit to be unleashed in our time. Believe and wait for Jesus to fulfill his promise.

Fruits of the Resurrection are real.

Easter VI Sunday we again hear scriptures that lift our vision to the power and grace available to us who believe in the risen Jesus Christ. In the first reading from the Book of Revelation we will here of the names of those who are written in the Lamb's Book --That is you! Not by our own merits, but by the gift given us in Jesus Christ! You are known and recorded as one of God's own! The reading from Acts shows us the great healings and deeds that Paul, a disciple twenty years after the resurrection, was powerfully able to do by faith. Wow! He healed a man sitting in Lystra who could not use his feet in fact he had never walked. When Paul told him, Stand upright on your feet. He did. Belief in Jesus Christ heals people! Still does! In our gospel lesson from JOHN we will hear Jesus" strong reassuring words, Peace I leave with you; my peace I leave with you. I do not give to you as the world gives.

Oh, do we need the peace of the lord in our lives! Pray. Talk with your love and life, Jesus, throughout each day. Even in the challenges and turmoil of each day, he wants to give you the love and peace of heaven so that you can act with grace and his love in all things. Wow! What a gift to us by his resurrection