October 29, 2024
Have you ever felt alone? Maybe you have been by yourself when you wished you were others, or maybe you were with your family, or even at a party with co-workers or friends, but... you still felt alone.
There are wonderful benefits of knitting – intricate scarves, bright-colored beanies, warm gloves, cozy blankets, beautiful sweaters. But for many, the product is not the purpose behind this pastime. For countless knitters, the repetitive and rhythmic motions necessary to form a fabric by looping a continuous string of yarn brings great relaxation...
If you have walked as a Christian and been a student of the Bible for any length of time, you have at some point come to learn that ‘the Body of Christ’ is a metaphor used to represent the Church. In at least four of his letters, the Apostle Paul uses this term to communicate the unity and oneness of all believers. The term also communicates our dependence on Jesus, our Head, and our connectedness and interdependence on one another. This life in Christ is not a solo affair...
The moment my fingers finished typing the sentence, it struck me. I had simply done what I so often do, encourage those with whom I’m communicating to “Shepherd well”. But after that sentence in a text I had sent separately to 70 individuals, out it came, seemingly from nowhere, but knowingly from the Holy Spirit: “Everyone needs a good shepherd.” Shepherd well. Everyone needs a good shepherd...
