Mount Olympus Why Jesus and not anyone else? Imagine you in the woods, looking around and seeing all types of life. Animals, plants, waterfalls, the sound of nature. And you rationalize, wouldn’t it be better if someone very thoughtful and loving had created all of this for me? If there could be a person who could create such magnificent beauty and give it to me, what would I call this gesture? I would be tempted to call it love. Now, imagine you were living more than 3000 years ago when every person around you had what they called a god. But all of those gods, you knew exactly where they came from, what were their strengths and weaknesses. But none of them could create anything exactly. Everything was already there, created. And you wish you could learn the mysteries of all nature, and people, and love. You knew some gods were cool, others not so much. You knew some could be very vindictive, others very demanding. And you always had to do so much to please them and ...
Devotional for friends // Devocional para as amigas
a pinch of God's Word // uma pitada da Palavra de Deus