Journey to Wholeness
One thing I ask of the Lord;
this I seek:
To dwell in the Lord’s house
all the days of my life,
To gaze on the Lord’s beauty,
to visit his temple.
I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.
Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!
Philippians 4:4 (NKJV)
This is the day the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
The name of the Lord is a strong tower;
Proverbs 18:10
the just run to it and are safe.
O Lord, our God,
how wonderful your name in all the earth!
And at three o’clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
Mark 15:34
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When Jesus saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
“Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
That he may instruct us in his ways,
and we may walk in his paths.”
He found him in a desert land,
and in the howling waste of the wilderness;
he encircled him, he cared for him,
he kept him as the apple of his eye.
After this, aware that everything was now finished, in order that the scripture might be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I thirst.”
John 19:28
Athirst is my soul for the living God.
And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.
Genesis 1:31 (RSV)
How good is the Lord to all,
compassionate to all his creatures.