“And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word.”

— Luke 1:38 (KJV)

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    A daily word of scripture and reflection to nourish the heart.

    • Man in Darkness

      ‘Though the light has come into the world men have shown they prefer darkness to the light because their deeds were evil. And indeed, everybody who does wrong hates the light and avoids it, for fear his actions should be exposed; but the man who lives by the truth comes out into the light, so that it may be plainly seen that what he does is done in God.’

      —John 3:18-21

      There is something deeply revealing in these words of Christ: “men have shown they prefer darkness to the light.” This is not just a statement about individual sin but a diagnosis of the human heart, and the general culture at large today.

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    • Obedient to Death

      “Although he was a Son, he learned obedience through what he suffered; and being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him.”

      —Hebrews 5: 8-9

      He did not bypass pain, nor did He redeem us from a distance. He entered into the full weight of human suffering, allowing it to touch Him, to press upon His heart—not as something meaningless, but as something that could be offered, transformed, and redeemed through love.

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    • I AM

      “Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I AM.”
      — John 8:58

      There is a depth in these words that resists being reduced or explained away.

      Jesus does not say, “I was before Abraham,” as though He were simply older, part of a longer timeline. He speaks in a way that breaks time open entirely: I AM. Not bound to past or future, but existing in an eternal present—I AM

      This is the name of God.

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