Daily Meditation: Keeping Close to the Word of Jesus

Saturday September 20, 2014 Keeping Close to the Word of Jesus The words of Jesus can keep us erect and confident in the midst of the turmoil of the end-time.  They can support us, encourage us, and give us life even when everything around us speaks of death.   Jesus' words are food for eternal life.  They do much more than give us ideas and inspiration.  They lead us into the eternal life while we are still being clothed in mortal flesh. When we keep close to the word of Jesus, reflecting on it, "chewing" on it, eating it as food for the soul, we will enter even more deeply into the everlasting love of God.   Comment on this Daily Meditation.   Visit our website for inspiration, resources, news, events, community.     Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen, ©1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Photo by V. Dobson.

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