Blessing for You ...

Tuesday, April 21, 2015. We are called to bless each other. Jesus calls us to be a blessing in all possible ways, on all layers of our life. Let us jump right into the topic … to bless and to be a blessing.

Prosper, Grow and Evolve …

What does it mean to be blessed? Jesus talks about growing in faith, growing in truth, growing in love.

We can be very abstract here. But we should be concrete. Do not lie. Tell the truth, or just be silent if the truth is not healthy, if it might cause damage. We live in a world where the truth is twisted a lot. But we need to work on truthfulness, on saying things in a way which fits to reality and is not just negative or offending. That is an important point: truth without love does not lead anywhere.

Love is so important. That is not about sex in the first place. It is about taking the other person serious. Fully coming with appreciation and sincerity into a relationship. Can you love everyone? Can you love your neighbour, your colleague? It is not necessarily about feelings. We might not like everyone the same. But we can love everyone - it is a decision to be there with full support and appreciation.

God wants to bless you …

I believe that God wants to bless you. I believe he wants to be there with you and for you. He wants to be your friend. Of course he is God, the almighty, the eternal one. But he is also the God who became human in Jesus, who came to save, to come close to us, to talk.

And we can enter this community of blessing, when we come to faith, and then every day again and again, when we decide to love the people around us the best we can. His help and support will not let us down! He is there with his blessing. Thank you, Lord! (RWEP) ... more texts