Naive Love?

Jesus Heals the Man Born Blind

John 9

It's Morning, Jesus

Teach me in the quiet reflection of these hours.

Why did you heal that man born blind?

He didn't even know who you were Lord.

He couldn't call your name.

He said you were just a prophet.

And, did you know that they would get mad Lord,

When you lavished your love on him?

And did you know you broke their rules

About sin, and righteousness, and healing?

Why did you heal that man born blind, Lord?

He didn't even know your name.

He thought you were just a prophet.

Amen

Let That Be Enough

It's Morning, Jesus

Forgive my cold, clasping hands.

Forgive me for not believing my little bit can go a long way.

Forgive me for gathering the manna until it rotted and made me sick.

You, Lord, are the bread of life.

You give to me, every morning and evening, daily bread.

Let that be enough.

Amen

Above it All

Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns,

and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.

Are you not much more valuable than they? Matthew 6:25

It's Morning, Jesus

You are the creator.

You are the provider.

Help me trust in you.

Give me that freedom again,

To stretch out the wings of my faith

and trust your wind.

Amen

Closed Ears

The Sower

Van Gogh

It's Evening, Jesus

Have I sown the seed of your love, today?

I ask you, Lord, Jesus, you who are the living word,

Have I been generous in sowing you?

Or have I chosen only the soil I thought appropriate?

Have I calculated the return before I have sown your love?

Have I righteously discriminated?

Have I despised the rocky soil?

Have I declared "It is a waste to love?"

Have I refused to sow seed because I did not like the soil?

Lord, examine my heart

Reveal my hurt

Strengthen me in any fatigue of mercy.

Thank you for the ones' who sowed the seed of your word

in my life.

Amen.

"Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown." When he said this, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

Name Calling

It's Evening, Jesus

Have I had a ministry of good works today
To any like her?
She did not come to you for worship
You went to her.
She did not first repent of her sin
You first loved her, in her state of ruin.
She was not making an effort to improve her spiritual life.
Yet, your ministry of good works was lavished on her.
You intervened on her behalf.
They called her names,
And the ugly names were true.
They quoted scripture
And they were right.
The law said.
Moses said.
But you, Lord, said simply:
"Let him who is without sin, cast the first stone."
Have I loved like you, today, Jesus?