Category: Jesus Christ

• The Breath of God

  

  I watched my uncle’s life escape his body. I watched as his daughter cried and his sisters sighed at the loss of someone they love deeply. His last breath came and went to the aether. His heart stilled like all the relationships with his children, his sisters, his friends. The pallor colour took over his…

  thespiritofmemories

  December 21, 2022

  forgiveness, grace, Holidays, Jesus Christ, journey, life, relationships, Sorrow

  friends, God, grace, grief, healing, HESED, life, love, mercy, relationships, Sorrow

• Ornaments, those odd orbs permeating life

  

  Ornaments are temporal. Relationships are eternal. Decorations are material. Souls are immortal. Baubles are breakable. People are redeemable.

  thespiritofmemories

  November 30, 2022

  forgiveness, grace, Holidays, home, Jesus Christ, journey, life, relationships

  Christmas, decorations, God, grace, HESED, kittens, life, love, mercy, ornaments, relationships, temper

• Lament: Joy in the Mourning

  

  A heavy heart is born of a broken relationship, but for the Christ follower the heart gives way to lament and the soul releases tears mingled with joy. The promise of Joy in the Morning. Joy in the Mourning is sure and true just as the Word made flesh. Those moments when my heavy heart…

  thespiritofmemories

  June 15, 2022

  grace, Jesus Christ, journey, life, relationships, religion

  broken relationships, brokenness, death, eternal life, grace, HESED, joy, lament, Risen Christ, tears, tomb