bejeebers

Thursday April 26th, Luke 24: 36 While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." 37 They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. 38 He said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? 39 Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself. The truth is that Jesus always comes to where we are in our lives, even if that where happens to be in hiding because of fear. When Jesus comes, he brings peace, shalom. When Jesus came to the disciples they were afraid for their lives. That is sometimes the case with us also. It is almost comical to imagine the disciples hiding in a room, doors locked, afraid there will be “that” knock on the door, when all of a sudden, without a knock, someone is standing in their midst breathing down their necks. Oh, Jesus, you scared me, was most likely the most common response. Jesus comes to where we are however to calm our fears and sometimes to scare the bejeebers out of us and get us moving forward to do our job. No matter what is going on in our lives, the one thing we can be assured of is that we are never alone. The God of love is always by our side uttering words of shalom and moving us forward.