Jude’s introduction reminds us that our lives are to be framed out primarily by two titles: servant and sibling.
Author: Anna
Huge, beautiful brick buildings with exquisite stained glass stand empty: decaying carcasses cast aside by a faithless people.
Praise amidst persecution goes against our very nature, doesn’t it? We want to save our hooting and hollering until the end, when the win is secure, right? But remember, my friend, we aren’t praising God just for what He’s done, we are praising Him for who He is.
David was able to turn down the volume on his feelings and find the truth. God was with him, and that was enough.
If Jesus, with full knowledge of His terrible fate, was still able to staunchly march forward into a challenging future, what about us?
If anyone had valid reason to walk away from the pain of relationship with Jesus and His body of believers, it was His mother. And yet, she didn’t.
The Israelites knew that in order to move forward, they first had to be reconciled with God. What about us?