Thoughts

Simeon blessed them (Joseph and Mary) and said to Mary His (Jesus) mother, ‘Listen carefully: this Child is appointed and destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a sign that is to be opposed – and a sword [of deep sorrow] will pierce through your own soul—so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.’

Luke 2:34-36 (Amplified Bible) Continue Reading

You might have thought that a shepherd, having lost only one of his 100 sheep, would have cut his losses, given up on the missing or, perhaps by now, dead sheep, and settled down as darkness closed in satisfied that he had 99 safely sheltered in the fold for the night. Continue Reading