Bethany played a major role in the life of Jesus. Here He could rest and fellowship with those closest to Him. These times of intimacy with those who loved Him are reflective of the intimacy He seeks with today’s believers.

It was from the Mount of Olives that Jesus looked over at Jerusalem and wept. Perhaps it was the site where He taught His disciples to pray and He spent much “alone time” there with His Father…we each must find our own Mount of Olives.

From the palace to the cross, Christ endured suffering as no one before Him or after, and He did it for you.

Out of the ashes of failure Peter found through his repentance, not only a new life that impacted the entire world for Christ. It’s one thing to find fault; it’s another thing to look deeply into our own hearts.

Jealousy is destructive to the one who is jealous as well as the one of whom we are jealous. It destroys trust and undermines relationship.

Failure to acknowledge the truth, no matter how difficult, can be lethal.

In our quest for beauty we all too often look to the outside a person when they should look inwardly for it.

Counting the cost of our actions – consequences are more often than not more than we are prepared to face.

We often allow opportunities to slip through our fingers. If only we could see beforehand those that will not come our way again.

 Forgiveness and second chances are of grace, not of merit. With so many second chances given to us, how can we withhold that grace from others?

Interesting thoughts about the life of Thomas Jefferson. Pride must be handled with proper control.

 It really is much more blessed to give than to receive, but – sometimes we receive more than we could ever imagine because of our giving.

What is remembered about those who pass from this world is directly connected to the good they do while they’re here.

Those who make the most of their circumstances, regardless of how dire, will find life’s rewards to be that much sweeter.

How much one says isn’t nearly as important or meaningful as what one does say.

All too often we make judgements about others without knowing their situation or having any idea what life is like for them.

Courage isn’t the lack of fear, it’s acting in the face of perhaps your deepest fear because you are the one at hand.

He loved to draw and even as he was told he had no talent by his editor, he continued to do what he loved and the whole world would eventually know his name.

Gethsemane was one of the lowest points of Christ’s life. Perhaps it is fitting that it’s located in Kedron Valley.

The Savior instructed the blind man to wash in the pool only after He had placed the mud He made from His spittle on his eyes