From Gethsemane to Calvary you had me on Your mind~

 My Dear Lord and Savior Jesus Christ...(Yeshua)

Your love continues to captivate my heart...

Lord I know you had me on Your mind when You prayed in anguish in the Garden of Gethsemane, that Your sweat fell like drops of blood.. You knew You had to died in my place, carry all my sins, shame, may pain, my sickness, sorrow, my curse and everything else that was not right and good in me. You willingly chose to die for me so that  I can be totally free & have eternal life...

O how I love You Lord Jesus...

 Luke 22:44

And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.

Lord I know You had me on Your mind when You were flogged and O how painful it was and what a deep wound it caused and how much of blood You shed but still You bore it all without a word, for by those stripes You wanted to heal me....

John 19:1

Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged.

O how I love You my Lord Jesus/Yeshua my Savior...

Lord I know You had me on Your mind when they placed a crown of thorns on Your head and pressed it hard, how it pierced through Your head and eye-balls and blood oozed out, It hurt You so badly but You didn't open Your mouth and complain but bore it all for all evil thoughts and sights of mine....

O how I love You Jesus/Yeshua my Lord...

Lord you had me on Your mind when You were mocked, spat on Your face and when they pulled Your beard and stripped you...for You wanted to bear all my shame and clothe me with Your righteousness...

O how I love You Jesus/Yeshua the Lover of my soul....

 Matthew 27: ²⁷ Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. ²⁸ They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, ²⁹ and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand and knelt in front of him and mocked him. "Hail, king of the Jews!" they said. ³⁰ They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. ³¹ After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.

Lord you had me on your mind when you picked up the cross..O how heavy it was and it hurt your bruised back..but still you bore it for you made up your mind to carry my every burden...

O how I love You Jesus/Yeshua my King...

John 19:17

So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha).

Lord I know You had me on Your mind when Your hands were nailed and You bled, it hurt You so...bad but You wanted to bear the sinful works of my hands so that now my hands can be blessed to bless others and serve others!

O how I love You Jesus/Yeshua my Shepherd...

Luke 23:33

When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him.

Lord You had me on Your mind when Your legs were nailed and You bled again, it was too much to bear but still You bore the pain for all the wrong places these feet led me..so that now every place I go is blessed...

O how I love You Jesus/Yeshua my Guide...

And finally when a spear was pierced through Your side rupturing a portion of Your heart and Your stomach and blood and water gushed out...you still had me on Your mind for Your heart was ruptured for the wickedness of my heart, so that today my heart is a place where where You live..and filled it with Your love and compassion...

O how I love you Jesus/Yeshua my Provider...

John 19:³⁴ Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus' side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water.  

And even today Lord Jesus, as You sit at the Father's right hand You still have me on Your mind and keep watching over me...and interceding for me

O how I love You Jesus/Yeshua .....

I bow before you Lord...

I praise you Jesus...

You are my Saviour....

O how I love you Lord...

You mould me and make me into a woman after your own heart..

Thank you for your grace that saved a sinner like me.

Julia

Galatians 6:14

May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Hi my dear brothers, sisters and friends,

Isn't it amazing to think our Lord Jesus Christ had each of us on His mind not just from Gethsemane to Calvary but from the beginning of creation?

He knew us even when we were in our mother's womb.

Be Blessed,

Julia

Hebrews 12:2

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Our Blessed Hope!

Praise God! 

One day our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, will come on the clouds and take the "Redeemed ones" (His Bride) to His Father's House in Heaven!

 He is the way to Heaven! He is The Truth and The Life!

We can learn so....much from a Jewish Wedding!

THE BIBLE IS OUR FIRST AND BEST STUDY BOOK!

There are some Interesting Blogs and study material:

http://www.ldolphin.org/wedding.html

Jewish Wedding

http://www.opendoorministrieswv.org/ancientjewishwedding.html

Jewish Wedding Traditions:

The Bride of Christ and the Jewish Wedding Models is compared to the Relationship between Jesus Christ and his Bride the Church.

http://www.jesusplusnothing.com/studies/online/brideofchrist.htm

By I Gordon

http://www.raptureready.com/soap/salus11.html

By Bill Salus

John 14 :1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am."

Jesus also said in John 14:6 "I am the way, the truth, and the life, No one comes to the Father except through Me. "

I was always captivated by the thought that Jesus told His disciples (BRIDE OF CHRIST), Heaven (His Father's house) is something that all of us 

who have received Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior to look forward to. We have a future and a blessed hope, and no matter how hard and difficult things get in this world, heaven is our final destination. Those who live in the modern world do not catch the full significance of Jesus' promise. This is due to the fact that in His promise Jesus was drawing an analogy from Jewish marriage customs in biblical times. Since this is so, those marriage customs must be examined if one is to grasp the significance of the promise.

In the last days God  will turn the "Hearts of Fathers to children and children to father."(Malachi last verse)!

That's a blessed hope!

Stay blessed,

Julia

The Mother (Author Unknown)

                The Mother

              (Author Unknown)

1. When you were 1 year old, she fed you and bathed

 you. you thanked her by crying all the night.

2. When you were 2 years old, she taught you to walk. 

You thanked her by running away when she called.

3. When you were 3 years old, she made all your meals

 with love. You thanked her by tossing your plate on

 the floor.

4. When you were 4 years old, she gave you some 

crayons. You thanked her by coloring the dinning room

 table.

5. When you were 5 years old, she dressed you for the

 holidays. You thanked her by looping into the nearest

 pile of mud. 

6. When you were 6 years old, she walked you into

 school. You thanked her by screaming, "I'M NOT GOING".

7. When you were 7 years old, she bought you a

 baseball. You thanked her by throwing it through the

 next-door-neighbor window.

 8. When you were 8 years old, she handed you an ice

 cream. You thanked her by dripping it all over you

 lap.

9. When you were 9 years old, she paid for piano

 lessons. You thanked her by never even bothering to

 practice it.

10. When you were 10 years old, she drove you all day, 

from soccer to gymnastic to one birthday party after

 another. You thanked her by jumping out of the car and

 never looking back.

11. When you were 11 years old, she took you and your 

friends to the movies. You thanked her by asking to

 sit in the different row.

12. When you were 12 years old, she warned you not to

 watch certain TV shows. You thanked her by waiting 

until she left the house.

13. When you were 13, she suggested a haircut that was

 becoming. You thanked her by telling her she had no

 taste.

14. When you were 14, she paid for a month away at 

summer camp. You thanked her by forgetting to write a

 single letter.

15. When you were 15, she came home from work, looking

 for a hug. You thanked her by having your bedroom door

 locked.

16. When you were 16, she taught you how to drove her

 car. You thanked her by taking it every chance you

 could.

17. When you were 17, she was expecting an important 

call. You thanked her by being on the phone all night.

18. When you were 18, she cried at your school

 graduation. You thanked her by staying out partying

 until dawn.

19. When you were 19, she paid for your college

 tuition, drove you to campus, carried your bags. You

 thanked her by saying good-bye outside the dorm so you                               wouldn't be embarrassed in front of you friends. 

20. When you were 20, she asked whether you were

 seeing anyone. You thanked her by saying "It's none of

 you business".

21. When you were 21, she suggested certain careers 

for your future. You thanked her by saying "I don't

 want to be like you".

22. When you were 22, she hugged you at your college

 graduation. You thanked her by asking whether she 

could pay for a trip to Europe.

   23. When you were 23, she gave you furniture for your

  first apartment. You thanked her by telling your

  friend it was ugly.

24. When you were 24, she met your fiancé and asked 

  about your plans for the future. You thanked her by

  glaring and growling, "Muuhh-ther, please!"

25. When you were 25, she helped to pay for your

 wedding, and she cried and told how deeply she loved 

you. You thanked her by moving halfway across the

 country.

 26. When you were 30, she called with some advice on

 the baby. You thanked by telling her, "Things are

 different now." 

27. When you were 40, she called to remind you of a

 relative's birthday. You thanked her by saying you

 were "really busy right now."

28. When you were 50, she fell ill and needed you to 

take care of her. You thanked her by reading about the

burden parents become to their children.

  29. And then, one day, she quietly died. And

 everything you never did, came crashing down like 

thunder on your heart.

 IF SHE' S STILL AROUND, NEVER FORGET TO LOVE HER MORE

 THAN EVER.

AND IF SHE' S NOT, REMEMBER HER UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.

I fail to understand...

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Hi...

This may be a long one, please read though, it is a overflow of my heart.

As a child I spent a lot of time with my grand parents because I lived with them. I still remember my Grandma take me for prayer meetings during week days(I was 4-5 years old)

As a child I remember my mom used to visit a home that housed some 'very old ladies'(senior citizens) with ladies from the church with eatables, warm-clothes, sarees etc.

In those days 'senior citizen homes' were a rare commodity. In fact mom said, she has never seen such homes in her younger days.

But now such homes are all over and all homes are full and over packed. It is a flourishing business for some.

Most of these homes run by Christians. 

What has caused this increase and why are old people treated as 'unwanted', 'castaways', 'forgotten ones'?

This has always been my question to my Lord.

We do read in Genesis 2:24,"That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh."

Ephesians 5:31 "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."

Many take the "Leave an cleave" to heart and literally some children dump their parents in senior citizen's home, some wash their hands off them, some just have no time for them any more, some don't respect the elderly.

Is that what God wants us to do? He cares for the old.

Isaiah 46:4, "Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you."

I came across the Jewish wedding pattern and it surprised me what I read and then Jesus Himself takes His bride to His Father's house! 

So, "Leave the Father's house", I am sure it was not meant literally. 

After their children get married parents are to step back, let go and let children take responsibilities, give them their space, not interfere in their decision, their life and choices but still always be there if children need their help or advice.

Children have to make a choice if they want to stay on with their their parents or move out. Even if they don't live with them they are to care for them.

Jesus presented a beautiful picture of heaven when He said, "In my Father's house are many rooms, I am going there to prepare a place for you" (John 14:2-3). Jesus as a bridegroom, is preparing new rooms(mansions) for his followers in the insula of heaven.

By using the familiar images of an insula, Jesus helped his followers to understand the kingdom of God—a household of faith where God's family lives in close community.

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Korazin - The City

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Source:

http://v2.followtherabbi.com/journey/israel/no-greater-love

http://community.elevatorup.com/Brix?pageID=2093

Studying the ruins of Korazin and other Galilean towns, scholars have pieced together a picture of family life in the first century.

Korazin stood in the northwestern corner of the Galilee region, about three miles from the 

sea. The nearby cities of Capernaum and Bethsaida joined Korazin as part of the "orthodox triangle," an area inhabited primarily by devout Jews.

Jesus spent a great deal of time in the triangle area, living in Capernaum and teaching in the towns and villages nearby. Just north of Korazin lay the Mount of Beatitudes, the hillside where Jesus may have presented the Sermon on the Mount.

Archaeologists have uncovered various ruins at Korazin. The remains of a synagogue, several buildings, and an oil pressing installation can be seen today. They have also discovered a Moses, seat—the special seat for Torah readers—in the Korazin synagogue.

Studying the ruins of Korazin and other Galilean towns, scholars have pieced together a picture of family life in the first century. As he taught, Jesus drew on many family practices that were common in his day.

The Insula

Jesus used the image of an insula - clusters of buildings where extended families lived together - to describe the kingdom of God.

In Jesus' time, families usually lived in clusters of buildings called Insulas.

These clusters were built around a central courtyard. Grandparents, cousins, uncles, and aunts all lived and interacted together in the insula.

As sons married, they added to the insula. After asking a girl to marry him, the son would return to his village and build new rooms onto his father's home. The son, anxious to be married, waited for the day when his father declared that the building was complete. Then he could finally marry his bride and bring her to their new home.

Jesus presented a beautiful picture of heaven when he said, "In my Father's house are many rooms, I am going there to prepare a place for you" (John 14:2-3). This word-picture presented Jesus as a bridegroom, preparing new rooms for his followers in the insula of heaven.

When Jesus described his second coming, he again used the picture of a young bridegroom, waiting for his father's approval to return for his bride: "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, not the Son, but only the Father" (Matt. 24:36).

By using the familiar images of an insula, Jesus helped his followers to understand the kingdom of God—a household of faith where God's family lives in close community.

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When Jesus said, "In My Father's House" He meant it! That was the pattern in a Jewish wedding. 

I think we can see what we lost of the Father’s heart today in most marriages today.

Quote> When the bridegroom completed adding a room onto his father’s house, he would return to his bride’s house (usually at night) to retrieve her. Then the groom would take his bride back to their new home, “that where I am there you may be also.” 

What a beautiful picture that for a year the "husband to be" had to go away expediently so he could come back and get her and then bring her "to the place' where He made for the TWO OF THEM TO LIVE TOGETHER in their own house but ONE CONNECTED WITH THE BRIDEGROOMS FATHERS HOUSE 

Beloveds they were two different homes yet in the same house. The bridegroom made a new room, a new home for them to dwell together in the Father’s house. The new couple would be added to the purpose and plan of the Father for the Son had to learn the trade of the Father to carry on the family business. The bride and grooms room was separate but in total submission to the plan of the Father that was passed down from generation to generation. 

I think we can see what we lost of the Father’s heart today in most marriages. This is why their is such an attack of the enemy because he hates marriages. He tries  to end them, not have people do them anymore, or pervert them by same sex marriages. Why? Because it is a picture of our life IN CHRIST and our RELATIONSHIP with Jesus IN THE FATHER AND HIS HOUSE!  

The one function and purpose as a new family of the bride and groom was to become their own family but still connected to the Father's house and a vital part of that family to bring forth the family purpose and plans. <Unquote

source:  http://www.openheaven.com/forums/printer_friendly_posts.aspTID=47805

When parents live in a small house and children get married and move out it is understandable but let not the modern life style, 'neuclear family' system influence and overtake 'Biblical values' and standards.

Timothy inherited good values from his grand mom.

The elderly need our touch, care, love! As kids parents and grandparents give their best for us, let us not cast them away when they are old like we throw away the curry leaves and spices that added flavor to the curry!

What would Jesus Christ our Lord do is what we need to do!

Even when on the cross, He remembered His mother and did not want to leave her alone. He trusted John to take good care of her!

John 19: 26 When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman,[b] here is your son,” 27 and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.

Time to restore dignity and honor!

Someone asks, “If your Mother/Dad is too old and bedridden needs 24-hour supervision and the only choices you have is for Mom/Dad to live with you or in a nursing home or senior citizen home, what would you do?"

If you can afford to pay money to a senior citizen's home to keep your aged parent in there, won't they be happier to stay close to you (if you have a spare room to spare) and a nurse take care if you can't?

"If you have a child who is totally bed-ridden, physically challenged, unable to eat or drink on his/her own, would you keep him or her in a nursing home for ever or abandon him/her in an orphanage? Wouldn't you wish they stayed under your care? Even if you had a maid to assist you, you will not want to abandon your child."

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Our parents spend sleepless nights, sacrifice their time and energy to give us the best and when they are old we so easily cast them out, get rid of them.

Parents when old become forgetful, confused and are slow in doing things. They do not remember many things, don't take their medication on time, are not able to prepare nutritious meals. Does that really matter to us? Do we really care?

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Some reference from: http://fcs.tamu.edu/families/aging/elder_care/helping_when_health_fails.php

What would Jesus Christ our Lord do in such a situation or any situation is what matters.

 I would rather follow the Rabbi, our Good Shepherd. He valued relationships. He came to turn the heart of fathers to children and children to fathers(Malachi 4:5-6).

Be blessed,

Julia

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