Clothe yourself with Love Col. 3:14

“Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.” Jesus declared. Those are puzzling words that only the Spirit of God can illumine our understanding regarding the mystery behind Jesus’ words. Have you ever been misunderstood? I guess that’s a yes. It can be painful. For those who have lived in countries that do not speak your language? You understand. Jesus had laid out exactly in no uncertain terms what he meant by our having communion with him. To his audience, it sounded gross and unthinkable. So, Jesus had to ask: “ Do you take offense at this ?” We take offense all the time at things in our earthly Kingdoms. Life in God’s Kingdom is different. Maybe some mystery we won’t understand, but our spiritual lives need to be nourished in God’s Kingdom. If not, first anemia and starvation in the death zone. This is what I call the implications of life in God’s Kingdom. For e.g. If you live in America, you have to follow its laws. It won’t matter ...

We are all on a life journey that begins before our birth in this world. Later on, we come to realize through the message of the Gospel of Christ, that this life journey extends into the realm of eternal life, even beyond our physical death. Lots of Bible stories shows how our life journey is accompanied with God’s love and purpose for our lives, and as always, the most common ingredient in all these stories, is our choices. When the war began in Rwanda in the 90’s, we embarked on an odyssey, a peculiar journey into exile. Every choice we made affected our destiny in ways that are indescribable. For e.g. our family chose to go south; I spent 10 years in different countries as a refugee, had several close calls with death. Yet, the whole time we were fed & clothed in miraculous ways. Years later, I understood the lesson: we needed to learn to trust God during the journey no matter how difficult it became. God fed us and protected us. Similarly, we walk through life facing all kinds...