How often in life do you feel like the world is against you and you have nowhere to go? Perhaps you suffered the death of a loved one or the loss of a job or perhaps the insanities of life are catching up with you and you feel the loss of all your dreams and hopes. How do you cope? Do you become bitter at the world or do you turn to your faith? Do you pick yourself up and build new dreams? Many dreams are “built on a tear.”
We are now bringing the Easter season to a close next weekend with the celebration of Pentecost. After Jesus’ death, the first Christians felt as if their world was torn apart. They believed all of Jesus’ hopes and dreams for a new life on Earth were destroyed. They mourned the death of their leader and friend. Slowly, as they traveled the road to Emmaus and met the risen Jesus, they began to realize larger dreams, a life after death. The disciples began to spread the joy and Good News of the risen Christ. Christ had died and was risen once again. Christ’s tears, as He suffered on the cross began a process to enact God’s hopes and dreams for all of humanity. It was a dream begun with a tear…
This week take some time to review your life. Where are your tears flowing from? Using Christ as a role model, can you take those tears and turn them into dreams? It is difficult to reflect upon sorrows, when you feel as if your heart has been ripped open. But always remember when you feel as if God has ripped your heart open, it is to make it bigger for Him to pour His love into. Turn your tears into dreams… and you’ll be surprised at what will arise!
God Bless, Holly Clark
We are now bringing the Easter season to a close next weekend with the celebration of Pentecost. After Jesus’ death, the first Christians felt as if their world was torn apart. They believed all of Jesus’ hopes and dreams for a new life on Earth were destroyed. They mourned the death of their leader and friend. Slowly, as they traveled the road to Emmaus and met the risen Jesus, they began to realize larger dreams, a life after death. The disciples began to spread the joy and Good News of the risen Christ. Christ had died and was risen once again. Christ’s tears, as He suffered on the cross began a process to enact God’s hopes and dreams for all of humanity. It was a dream begun with a tear…
This week take some time to review your life. Where are your tears flowing from? Using Christ as a role model, can you take those tears and turn them into dreams? It is difficult to reflect upon sorrows, when you feel as if your heart has been ripped open. But always remember when you feel as if God has ripped your heart open, it is to make it bigger for Him to pour His love into. Turn your tears into dreams… and you’ll be surprised at what will arise!
God Bless, Holly Clark
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