Talk About Jesus!

Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,

For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.

For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;

That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ.

Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

                                                                          (Phil 1:2-11 KJV)

Lately, I have been thinking a lot about the many faithful men and women who have been in my life.  One particular Finnish lady was such a joy to visit. I miss her and thank God often for having had her in my life. Sylvia was a shut-in. I visited as often as I could. When I entered her home we would greet each other with a blessing of God's peace and then moved quickly to confession and absolution followed by the sacrament of Holy Communion. After a prayer of thanksgiving for God's gifts she would always ask. "Ok, now what she would talk about Jesus?" And, that's exactly what we did. We rarely did any idle chit chat other than to ask about how each other's families were doing and include any needs or thanksgivings for them in our prayers together. Instead, we talked about our awesome Lord and Savior.

Oh, how she loved Jesus! What a delight it was to spend time with her remembering what God has done and continues to do for us in Christ Jesus! What a pleasure it was to fellowship in the gospel with her! It is a good thing to share the gospel with one another; with brothers and sisters in Christ and with strangers as well.

May God fill us with love, with joy, with peace, with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. 

God's Peace - Pr. J.