Jesus Forgives And Restores Peter
Sommer Kelly • April 22, 2025
Hi ladies it's me again and happy Lord's day! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. I hope and pray that each of you ladies had a good Easter Sunday last week and I got to attend my church "New Life Assembly Of God Church", (we were off for Bible study Easter Sunday night) got to see my nephew and his interesting parents, and eat yummy Easter treats. (Thanks Easter Bunny lol!) Well ladies I'll be sharing today in a blog called "Jesus Forgives And Restores Peter". Y'all can read about that account in the gospel of John 21. Yes that's right that took place after Jesus' death on Good Friday and after His resurrection on Easter Sunday! This also was after Peter denied Jesus three times! I don't blog hardly about Peter that much much less about him denying Jesus and all four gospel accounts Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John mentioned that. The Bible says that before the rooster crows that Peter would deny Christ three times and he did! This took place when Christ was arrested and put on trial when the disciples (including Peter) scattered with the exception of Judas Iscariot. (Judas later unfortunately committed suicide!) Of course we know about the crucifixion and resurrection and I'm sure during those events Peter struggled to forgive himself for what he had done for denying Jesus. That also brings me to this point. I think all of us have done things and said things or even didn't do things or didn't say things that we regret. What do we do during our time of failure? I imagine that Peter was wrestling with a lot of questions about what to do with his life and John 21 mentioned that Peter decides to go back to fishing and the disciples agreed to go with him. They fished all night and caught nothing and Jesus who stood on the shore asked if they caught anything. Peter and the disciples said no and Christ told them to throw the net on the other side and they'll catch fish. They did so and a ton of fish got caught and the disciples realized it was Christ! Peter decided to jump out of the boat and swam to see Jesus while the other disciples rowed the boat full of fish until they all made it to the shore. Jesus made a campfire and Peter and the disciples brought the fish they caught and Christ grilled the fish in the fire! (Side note I wonder if in the "Marriage Supper Of The Lamb" if we'll eat fish in heaven. Just something to think about.) Then they and Christ ate and enjoyed their time together just like how we enjoy eating with our loved ones too. Then after they finished eating Christ asked Peter three different times if he loved Him. Now I know that may seem strange for Jesus to do that but I'm sure He asked that for a reason. Remember when Peter denied Jesus three times? Perhaps Christ wanted to give Peter three more chances to prove His love for Him even after his worst failure! What a loving and compassionate Savior we serve! Jesus also told him to feed His sheep and predicted that when Peter would get old and prophesied what death he would die for the gospel sake. (After Peter wrote 2 Peter, historians say they crucified Peter upsidedown! That last time he stood up for Jesus!) Peter asked about what would the other disciples future would be (specifically John the Revelator who wrote John's account) but Christ asked him what is that to Him to continue to follow Him. Even after Peters worse mistake Christ forgave him and restored him. I pray that this will encourage all of us to know that none of us are too far gone from a loving Savior. Some of us may have unsaved loved ones or prodigals that according to the world "they're too far gone". (You know things like homosexuality, drugs, alcohol, incarceration, having financial problems, divorce etc.) But there's room at the cross for everyone and I love how there's a song called "Flawless" by Christian band "Mercyme" and there's a phrase in that song that says "No matter what they say or who you think you are the day you called His name that made you flawless". Let me explain what they mean by that. Flawless in the worlds mean is without faults but flawless in God's eyes mean complete. (The same could be said about perfection. Perfect in the worlds eyes means without fault but God defines perfection as maturity.) That gives me hope and encouragement that in our worst failure Christ is there waiting for me with open arms even though other people won't always do that. Christ extends the same for you ladies and your loved ones as He did for Peter. That's what I wanted to share with you ladies and I pray that this blog encouraged y'all. Blessings, happy Lord's day, and have a blessed week everyone.
Hi ladies it's me again and happy Tuesday! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. I hope and pray that each of you ladies had a good Easter Sunday with family and friends celebrating the Lord's resurrection. The title of this blog is called "Similarities Of Holy Week And Passover". Of course this year both Passover and holy week were close to each other this time and in this blog I'll be sharing my thoughts as well as truths from God's Word that deal with both. Passover is in honor of the Passover lamb. If you remember the story of Moses in the book of Exodus (Exodus means exit) and remember the ten plagues God sent to the Egyptians as a result of judgment because of Pharaoh's rebellion for refusing to let the Israelites go. The first nine plagues Pharaoh unfortunately hardened his heart but God sent one more plague the death of the firstborn of humanity and firstborn animal would die but if the death angel saw blood it passed over it. God told Moses and the Israelites take one year old male lamb with no blemish to kill it and put blood on the doorpost so their lives would be presevered. Because the Israelites put blood on their doorpost God protected them while death smote the firstborn of Egypt with people and animals. God would tell the Israelites from that moment on to honor Passover for generations to come to remember their deliverance from the wicked Egyptians. Well in the New Testament though holy week isn't in the Bible perse we came out of celebrating Christ's remaining time on earth on Palm Sunday when He rode in Jerusalem, His death on the cross on Good Friday, and this past Sunday on Easter Sunday honored His resurrection. Christ before He died on the cross had the Passover meal with the disciples and He transitioned it to what we call today "Communion". We take the bread in honor of Christ's broken body and juice the blood. Remember during Passover the Jews had to use a one year old male lamb with no blemish and kill it to put blood on their house to keep them from physical death? Well Jesus our Lord and Savior is the spotless Lamb of God who was brutally killed in the cross on Good Friday for our sins and it's through His blood that cleanses the stain of sin! I hope and pray that we're all grateful for that! Not only does His blood forgive our sins but keeps us from eternal death eternal separation from God the Father. His blood may or may not keep us from physical death but it keeps us from eternal death! Also for thousands of years after the Jews Exodus from Egypt they would offer sacrifices from lambs, bulls, and goats so blood could be shed for their sins and Passover was a high holy day for the Jews to be honored every year. Well we God's people celebrate holy week every year in honor of Christ death and resurrection who would be our Deliver spiritually. Also Christ died on the cross of Calvary on Good Friday during Passover week! I don't think it's a coincidence with that happening and holy week and Passover took place the same time this year! That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. Blessings to each of you ladies and have a blessed week everyone.
Hi ladies it's me again and happy Lord's day and Happy Easter! Oh my goodness! We're at the end of holy week! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well and hope that you ladies and your families are doing well. I got to have a great time worshipping the Lord at church while enjoying hearing about His resurrection. I'm happy to present another blog called "Happy Resurrection He Is Risen!" We know that last week Sunday on the Lord's day that we honored Palm Sunday when we remembered Christ riding on a donkey in the streets of Jerusalem and the crowd shouting "Hosanna! Blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord!" But then later on they crucified Him on the cross of Calvary and I wrote a blog last week even though it was Tuesday I wrote a blog honoring the cross of Calvary. Well today we're honoring the resurrection of our Lord! We know that all four gospel accounts (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) recorded the Psalm Sunday and crucifixion moments but all accounts also recorded Christ's resurrection! All accounts mentioned about Mary Magdalene (a single woman who had seven demons casted out on her see Luke 8) Mary mother of James the younger and Joses, Joanna wife of Cuza, (Cuza worked for Herod Antipas and they were wealthy too) Salome, (likely the wife of Zebedee, mother of John the Revelator and James who were fishermen. Herod Antipas had a step daughter named Salome too.) Susanna, and possibly Mary the mother of Jesus carried their spices to annoint our Lord's body. Remember these were the women who followed Jesus and often traveled with the disciples as well as helping them financially too. (See Luke 8) They also were there during the crucifixion and there have been many paintings of women mourning at the cross and Passion plays too. I can only imagine the grief that Mary Magdalene, Mary mother of Jesus, and the rest of the women of Galilee must have felt seeing their Lord being scourged 39 times and see Him put on a cruel cross and how troubled their hearts must have been. As they walked a long journey the stone was rolled away! An angel moved it and he said. "Do not fear the Lord Jesus isn't here but He has risen just as He said. Go quickly and tell the disciples that He will see them in Galilee". The women hurried away about what was told to them. John's account says Mary Magdalene told Peter and John and they hurried to the tomb and ran back to their dwelling place. Mary Magdalene looked to find Jesus wearing a white robe and asked why she was crying and called her name! Then Mary Magdalene ran to tell the other women what happened and Jesus appeared again! (Mary Magdalene saw Jesus twice in one day!) Jesus greeted them and they bowed down and worshipped Him. He told them not to be afraid but tell the disciples to go to Galilee where they'll meet Him. Listen ladies Jesus chose women to be the first to see Him alive! Eventually Peter and the remaining guy disciples would get to see Jesus later in the day and other occasions but I find that cool Jesus chose women to witness the resurrection. Why? A woman's testimony back then wasn't accepted and Mary Magdalene especially had a troubled past too. But it didn't stop Jesus from appearing to them and yes the disciples unfortunately doubted the women though Christ sent them and Marks account mentioned that Christ rebuked the disciples sternly for their lack of faith too! Wow! The other important part about the resurrection besides women being the first to see Him alive is Jesus took the keys away from Satan the keys of death, hell, and the grave and was given authority on heaven and earth as mentioned in Matthew 28! Wow! What a dimension! Also the resurrection was a completion of Christ's mission and our salvation was completed at the resurrection! The resurrection sets Christ apart from all other religions and all the false deities like Mohammad and all the others never got up from the grave but Jesus did! We along with the women of Galilee have a reason to rejoice and be glad that because Christ rose from the dead guarantees a "spiritual resurrection" (those spiritually dead to become born again) and a bodily resurrection at the rapture too! We have much to rejoice about and there's many wonderful songs that honor the resurrection like "Forever" by Kari Jone, "Christ The Lord Has Risen Today", "He Lives" just to name a few. That's what I wanted to share with you ladies! Blessings to each of you ladies, enjoy time with loved ones, happy Lord's day, happy Easter, and remember because He rose we can rise and overcome anything life throws at us!
Hi ladies it's me again and happy Tuesday! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. I'm happy to present to you ladies another blog called "The Importance Of Honoring Good Friday". I know that Good Friday won't be until a few days from now but it's important honoring. We know the significance of Christmas which honors Christ's birth right? We know that Easter concludes holy week and we honor when Christ rose from the dead. (Don't worry I'll write an Easter blog too!) But I don't believe we pay enough attention to Good Friday like we should. I know that most of us understand the Bible and understand as the Bible says in Romans 3:23 "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God". We all understand because of Adam's sin we were born in sin and in need of a Savior. We also know that prior to the death of Christ on the cross from the time of Moses until the cross the Jews had to offer sacrifices each and every year. They had to take a one year old male lamb and kill it to offer as an atonement for their sins. The Bible says in Hebrews 9:22 "Without the shedding of blood there's no remission of sin". The Jews understood that. But as we know the blood of lambs, bulls, and goats were able to cleanse the outside but not cleanse the conscious. That's where Christ's blood came in and is able to cleanse us from our guilt, sin, and shame. Another important thing to remember is before Christ got arrested, was scourged, and died on the cross He prayed at Gethsemane. Christ experienced being overwhelmed knowing He was going to die for the sins of the world but I'm thankful He did it anyway. Christ would endure being beaten 39 times which is what the Romans did to Him calling it a scourge. Some Roman and Jewish historians said that sometimes scourges were so bad that some prisoners would be beaten to death because of that! When Jesus died on the cross He was crucified between two thieves one who mocked him while the other repented for his sin. Don't forget that Christ's loved ones especially His hurting widowed mother Mary had to witness her Son and God's Son die a brutal death on the cross. Christ told John the Revelator to take care of His mother in His absence. Of course other women surrendered the cross Mary Magdalene, Joanna wife of Cuza, (Cuza worked for Herod Antipas) Susanna, Mary mother of James the younger (a disciple of Christ) and Joses, and Salome (wife of Zebedee, mother of John the Revelator and the other James and possibly Mother Mary's sister) mourned His death while others mocked Him. Most of all God the Father turned His back on His Son and prophecy was being fulfilled from Isaiah 53 that Christ bore not only our sin but our sickness and carried our sorrows. Christ endured that so we could be right with the Father, be healed physically and emotionally too. Also the curtain in the temple which separated God from man was torn from top to bottom, the earth shook, and the sun refused to shine. May we never take what Christ did for granted and may we ever be so thankful for what He did for us. I pray that this blog will prepare you ladies for Good Friday giving us time reflect and be thankful for our salvation. That's what I wanted to share with you ly. Blessings, happy Tuesday, and have a blessed week everyone.
Hi ladies it's me again and happy Lord's day and happy Palm Sunday! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. To let y'all know that Palm Sunday is the first day of holy week! Holy week for those of you who don't know is when we honor Christ closing time on earth. Holy week is also called Passion week as well too. All four gospel accents Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John mention about Palm Sunday and what is Palm Sunday about? It's about honoring and celebrating Christ's arrival at Jerusalem. In fact Jesus told His disciples on all four gospel accounts Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John that they'll find a donkey and a colt and for them to borrow it and bring it to Him. The disciples did so and put our Lord on the donkey and He rode through the streets of Jerusalem. The crowd took their Palm branches and shouted "Hosanna Hosanna. Blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord!" This event fulfilled a prophecy Zechariah 9:9 that says "Rejoice oh daughter of Zion behold thy King cometh to thee He is just, having salvation, and lowly riding on a donkey." Here's another important thing to remember. The Jews in Jesus' day were shouting "Hosanna " because they thought when Christ arrived in Jerusalem on a donkey during Palm Sunday would be when He would reign as King and overthrow the Roman rule! Here's another important point to know. Back in the ancient times if a King road on a horse to a nation he would declare war! That's what the Jews wanted a warrior king! We know that in the book of Revelations 19;11-16 talks about Christ riding on a horse along with the armies of heaven (raptured saints) and Him being declared "King of kings and Lord of lords!" That's going to happen after the seven year tribulation period which I'll share for a different blog. Anyway if a King rode to a nation on a donkey meant the king came to bring peace. When our Lord rode on a donkey on Palm Sunday it was a time to peace because our Lord is the Prince of Peace! The Jews also didn't understand that Christ came first His first coming to give peace as well as give His life on the cross of Calvary (something He did later in the week which we honor as "Good Friday") and rise again on Easter Sunday and only later as I mentioned in Revelations 19:11-16 come back to overthrow wicked rulers and rule the kingdoms of this world during the Millennial reign. (That's for another blog for another time.) Also Christ's arrival in Jerusalem and the crowd cheering and praising Him made the Pharisees uncomfortable but Christ told them. "If they keep quiet the rocks will cry out shouting praise!" So the point of this blog is it's the Lord's day and it's Palm Sunday the beginning of holy week or Passion week! Even though we weren't with the crowd during Jesus' day 2,000 years ago we still can praise and declare Hosanna as well as honor what He did in remembrance of holy week this week. We also can anticipate when Jesus will return in the rapture and take us saints away in heaven and allow the seven year tribulation period and after that bring us saints with Him after the tribulation period to come back and overthrow wicked rulers and begin the Millennial reign! We have much to look forward to not only during holy week but in the future as well. I'm thankful that Christ knew His mission of salvation that He fulfilled first instead of establishing earthly rule. He could have set up the Millennial kingdom right away but mans souls would have been lost for all eternity if He would have did what the crowd wanted Him to do. (Souls can still go to hell but it's only because they rejected Christ willfully or backslid. ) So this week let's rejoice and be thankful not only what Christ did on Palm Sunday but also what He did on Good Friday and Easter Sunday where we honor His death and resurrection too. Blessings, happy Lord's day, happy Palm Sunday, and happy holy week everyone!
Hi ladies it's me again and happy Tuesday! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. The next blog for the month of April is called "Believing For The Impossible". What is this blog about? Well it's about two miracles that are talked about that Christ did that's mentioned in the gospel account of Mark 5:20-43 (Matthew and Luke talk about this too) where Christ healed one person and raised another dead person back to life. Jesus was on His way to Jairus's house (he was a religious leader) and begged Christ to help him immediately. Why? His twelve year old daughter was in what we call today "in home hospice care" and Jairus knew if Christ didn't intervene his daughter would die. Christ, His disciples, and Jairus were on their way to Jairus's house and as they were on their way, a woman with an issue of blood for twelve years came up behind Him. The Bible says she was under the care of doctors and noone could help her. But she touched the helm of Christ's garment her bleeding stopped. Of course Christ was astonished and asked who did it and the woman told her the story and Christ told her her faith saved her. The woman went away and some people from Jairus's house told him his daughter had died but Christ told Jairus and his wife not be afraid despite that. Then Jesus asked the crowd to leave except for Peter, James, John, and Jairus and his wife. I'm sure that Jairus was consoling his wife who was weeping and I'm sure he was crying too. But Jesus took the girl's hand and said "My child I tell you to arise!" The girl arose and walked around and I'm sure she hugged her parents and Jesus too. I'm sure that Peter, James, and John rejoiced as well too something that they would never forget and I'm sure that increased their faith too. Jesus warned Jairus and his wife not to tell anyone about it and urged for them to give their daughter something to eat. I know that many of you ladies may have heard these stories before but I want y'all to look at them in a different light. Both the woman with the issue with blood and Jairus were in desperate situations in need of Christ's intervention otherwise nothing would change. Jairus's daughter was at deaths door and the woman was bleeding for twelve years! Ladies think of situations that you're in right now that maybe desperate situations. Maybe you or a loved one may have an illness like the woman with the issue with blood or a loved one close to death. Maybe it might be a different situation. Perhaps you're dealing with a court case, marriage issues, have a wayward son or daughter, you or a loved one lost a job or business deal, or at a "major crossroads" in life in need of God's direction. The old saying goes. "Desperate people do desperate things." I believe that "desperate Christians pray desperate prayers". The fact of the matter is all of us at some point will have situations that push us and break us to a point that it will force us either to call on the Lord or turn away from Him. The point is in times of desperation do what Jairus and the woman with the issue of blood did call on Jesus. He may not answer your prayers right away but don't let that stop you from calling on Him for He's the only one who can help and turn your situation around. (Side note He can use people too to help but in that we need to remember He's the One that sent those people to help and He's still our help in those times too.) I pray that these miracles from the Bible encourage your faith as well as mine to remind us to call on the Lord and He'll be there. Blessings, happy Tuesday, and have a blessed week everyone.
HI ladies it's me again and happy Lord's day! I hope and pray that each of you ladies are doing well. I'm happy to present another blog for the month of April and that is the story of Mary, Martha, and Lazaurus. You can read about this account in John 11 where Jesus sees them. The title of this blog is called ''What Is Dead Come Alive''. Most of us know that these guys were close friends of Jesus and we first read about them Luke 10;38-42 where Mary of Bethany sat at Jesus' feet while Martha was busy taking care of the house and other things. (I shared about that more in depth in the ''Mary Of Bethany'' blog for ''Women's History Month'' and another one back in 2023!) Anyhow in John 11 Christ and the disciples were busy traveling, ministering to the people and so on when they got word that Lazrus was very sick. Well Christ didn't leave right away but remained where He was. Now I don't know if because the Father told Him to stay back or that Jesus was overwhelmingly busy that He couldn't go over there but either case our Lord stayed back from where He was. It's unknown what sickness that Lazarus had but what we do know he was ''bedridden'' to the point of death and in our day we call it ''home hospice care'' and when someone is at that point it's very serious and only has days to live. That just shows how severe Lazarus's case was. We know that Lazarus died while Jesus was away and they buried him in the tomb. After awhile, Christ and the disciples finally arrived at Mary and Martha and both of them at separate times asked Jesus where He was and if He showed up sooner Lazarus wouldn't have died. What I love about both ladies is that they were honest with Jesus about how they felt something that we should take to heart as well too. Christ told them that He's the resurrection and the life and whoever believes in Him shall never die though they die which we know He meant that whoever lives for Him and love Him though physically they die spiritually they won't die which is something I'm very thankful for especially if we have loved ones who loved the Lord who physically died. Well they removed the stone and then our Lord wept. You might say, why did Jesus weep? Well to show compassion to Mary and Martha and to show He feels our pain. Not only did Christ weep but Mary and Martha likely had extended family members and neighbors who were mourning too. Then Christ prayed to the Father and then declared. ''Lazarus come out!'' Then the dead man came out walking and took off his grave clothes. To understand the significance of that Lazarus was dead for four days and the Jews believed if someone was dead for three days they could come back to life but it went past three days it was beyond impossible. I believe that our Lord waited for the fourth day to show that He can do the impossible when people say it's hopeless. When the miracle of Lazarus rose from the dead news spread everywhere and there was much rejoicing after that I can imagine. The other thing ladies is we're in the season of Spring as I mentioned in a previous blog where it's a time to bring forth life. I believe that God is asking us to believe what's dead to come alive. Maybe a loved one is ''spiritually dead'' (those without Christ or prodigals) to believe that He can save them and ''spiritually resurrect'' them. Maybe a dream has died, a marriage died, or a person or something else is dead to believe the Lord can resurrect it. I'm believing in the Lord to resurrect several things in my life as well too during this time. That's what I wanted to share with you ladies and I pray that this is encouraging to y'all especially since we're getting closer to ''Holy Week'' when we honor our Lord's closing time on earth from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday (I will write blogs in honor of Holy week as well) and encourage you during Spring to believe what appears to be dead to come back alive. Blessings, happy Lord's day, and have a blessed week everyone.
Hi ladies it's me again and happy Tuesday! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. I'm happy to present another blog and it's the month of April and the title I have for this blog called "The Season Of Spring". For those who live who live in Wisconsin or live in states such as Michigan, Minnesota, Indiana, Ohio, and East Coast states y'all know that we've been in the season of winter for a long time. What's up with winter? Winter for one is not a easy season by no means. Winter is cold, lots of snow, (depending where you live) trees rest, it gets darker faster, many animals go down South where it's a lot cooler. People dress warmer during the winter time as well. But what happens during Spring time? Well it's lighter longer, plants grow back, trees awaken, and farmers start sowing. The weather hopefully is not as cold and we can dress a bit lighter. Y'all maybe wondering what does natural winter and spring have to do with the spirit realm? Well we Christians know that just as we go through natural winter we go through "spiritual winter". The fact of the matter is going through adversity is part of the Christian life. In fact the Bible says in John 16:33 the words of Christ Himself who said"In this world we will have tribulation but take heart I've overcome the world". In Psalm 34:19 says "Many are the afflictions of the right but the Lord shall deliver them out of them all." I heard Contemporary Christian artist Jeremy Camp say that if none of us Christians never went through anything hard we would be "shallow, spoiled, and immature" people! Who wants to be known as being a Christian like that? Not me and certainly I'm sure none of y'all want to be known as that either! The "spiritual winter" and the storms of life are there to help us grow. But thank goodness winter or storms aren't forever. Spiritual spring is a time for refreshing and renewing and us being able to see clearly now. I don't know what season you ladies are going through right now and I've had my fair share of winter season naturally and spiritually. But I believe that now God is bringing me into the "spiritual spring season" and bringing me back to the place He intended for me to be. I pray that as we enter into Spring time in the natural I pray that God will bring y'all to the "spiritual spring" as well too. That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. This blog is a bit shorter and I can't wait to share with y'all more that's on my mind the rest of the month of April.
Hi ladies it's me again and happy Lord's day! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. I'm happy to present my last and final "Women's History Month" photo and what's that? A lady that doesn't get talked about much in the Bible and that is the Queen of Sheba! I've already written in "Women's History Month" honoring two black women and they were Dr Cindy Trimmed and evangelist and gospel artist Dorinda-Clark-Cole. Well I'll be writing about one more black woman and she was a woman who traveled the ends of the earth to meet King Solomon. Who's King Solomon? King Solomon was the youngest son of King David (you know the one who killed Goliath, sinned with Bathsheba, became king, was a warrior, and wrote the Psalm etc) who became king after him and was the third king of Israel. Also King David wanted to build the temple because King David had a heart to worship but the prophet Nathan and God told King David that wouldn't happen but King David layed up things in order so that his son King Solomon would have what he needed to build the temple. King David was a battle king but King Solomon never fought a battle because he built his house and the temple. He was a builder not a warrior! The Bible also said that King Solomon was the wealthiest king who ever lived after he asked God for wisdom in a dream and it manifested when he was awake! Where does the Queen of Sheba come in? 1 Kings 10:1-13 mentioned her traveling to Jerusalem by her chariot and had with her spices and precious stones with her. She traveled to meet King Solomon the Bible says and would share with him what was in her heart and tested him with hard questions. Well to her amazement King Solomon was able to answer those questions and when she saw his wisdom, his house, food on the table, servants, and went to the temple she was in absolute awe! She went on to tell King Solomon that she heard about his wisdom and heard about his wisdom and prosperity but didn't believe it until she saw it. She would say unto him. "Happy are they men, happy are they servants, which stand and continually before thee and hear thy wisdom. Blessed be the Lord thy God which delighted in thee to set thee before Israel because the Lord loveth forever made thee king to do justice and judgement." Then she gave to King Solomon 120 talents of gold and gave him an abundance of spices. King Solomon in turn blessed her with many things too before she and her servants returned back to her country. The Queen of Sheba a pagan black ruler saw something different in King Solomon. She saw how wise he was, what servants he had, his wealth, and most of all his walk with the Lord that she would give glory to the God of Israel. King Solomon shined for God as it says in Matthew 5:16 "Let your light shine before men so they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven." That's what King Solomon did and because of that the Queen of Sheba would hear about the one true God. I pray that we ladies would live in such a way that our light shines before men as the Bible says to and as King Solomon did so that others will see the love of Christ through us in word and deed so others would be drawn to Christ. The point of Christianity is to make godliness attractive and that's what King Solomon did! That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. This is my last blog for "Women's History Month" for the year 2025 and looking forward to sharing more blogs for "Women's History Month" in 2026. Blessings to each of you ladies, happy Lord's day, and have a blessed week everyone.
Hi ladies I hope that y'all are doing well and Happy Women's History Month! I'm happy to present another blog to y'all and it's from another female character in the Bible we may not hear about very often. She's mentioned in 1 Samuel 25 1:-42 is when we hear about her. She was a beautiful godly woman with great character but she was married to Nabal which means fool. David (same guy who killed Goliath) and his men were running from wicked King Saul in the wilderness of Paran. David and his men asked Nabal a favor to help them and give them some food. That doesn't seem too much to ask doesn't it? Well Nabal treated them very evil and said he wouldn't help them. Abigail's servants told her about it and how Nabals mistreatment of them stirred up David and his men plotting to kill them. Abigail was very distressed when she heard that so she made some food and rode a donkey to find David and his men and explained to him what happened. She said to David "Don't take regard for Nabal he's exactly what his name is fool. As the Lord liveth may the Lord withhold thee from shedding blood. Forgive thy trepass of thine handmaiden and yet a man is risen to pursue thee to take thy soul. May there be no blood shed or you avengeth yourself but the Lord and remember your handmaiden!" Wow! She by the grace of God was able to talk David out of killing her husband despite the fact he was wicked! David then said to her. "Blessed be the Lord of Israel and blessed be thou who kept me from shedding blood and kept me from hurting thee!" Then Abigail gave David and his men some food and they went their way. As that was happening Abigail found her husband Nabal feasting like a king and even drunk but she held her peace until the next day. The next Abigail shared with her husband how she helped David and his men because he was sober and his heart became a stone. Ten days later the Lord smote Nabal he died. David said to Abigail. " Blessed be the Lord that He kept his servant from doing evil and the Lord retuned the wickedness of Nabal to his own head." Then after that Abigail became one of David's many wives after that! Wow! A few additional Scriptures come to mind when I reflect this story. The Bible says in Proverbs 31:30 "Charm is deceitful and beauty is fleeting. But a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised." Romans 12:19 says "Dearly beloved avenge not yourselves but rather give place unto wrath. For it is written '''Vengeance is mine I will repay saith the Lord''' Romans 8:28 "We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose." The bottom line is God used Abigail to talk David out of doing a wicked thing without manipulating him and acted as though Nabals wickedness as her problem and asked forgiveness for that even though it wasn't her fault. Wow! Abigail was a wise woman and she knew David had a calling on his life and knew that taking another life would have been a hindrance to him, his integrity, and his walk with the Lord. God also saw what Naval had done and God Himself pronounced judgement. What a lesson for us not to take matters into our hands despite how hard it maybe and how important it is to listen to godly advice. Abigail's godly advice not only kept David from sin but after Nabals death she married him! God gave Abigail a better husband than the former! Wow! That's what I wanted to share with you ladies and I hope it encouraged y'all. Blessings to each of you ladies and have a blessed week everyone.
Hi ladies it's me again and happy Lord's day! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. We're still in "Women's History Month" and I now want to honor women from the Bible which is the original foundation for everything! I want to honor and share about Mary of Bethany! Who is Mary of Bethany? She's the sister of Martha and Lazarus. Most of all we know that she is one of Christ's dearest friends besides His inner circle of friends (Peter, James, and John) and Mary Magdalene. We first heard about Mary and Martha in Luke 10:38-42 where they invite Jesus into their house. Martha is doing "house work" while Mary sits at the feet of Christ to spend time with Him. Of course we know Martha complains and Christ reminds her what Mary is doing the right thing. The second time we hear from Mary and Martha is mentioned in John 11 where Lazarus is sick (in hospice care in our day) to the point he does. They motioned for Jesus to come but Christ didn't come until days later. Christ mourns with Mary and Martha when Lazarus died but promised he will rise again.(It shows us that Jesus cares for those who mourns and promises to be our Comforter. That's a blessing to those who are grieving that our Lord cares. ) Christ called for Lazarus to come out which brought joy to Mary and Martha! Then in John 12:1-8 we read that Christ spent some more extra time with Mary and Martha and Lazarus and they're having dinner. Martha is serving as usual Christ and the disciples are at the table. Mary of Bethany decides to pour oil on Jesus' feet and wipe them with her hair. (In Luke 7:37-50 mentioned about a unnamed prostitute who poured oil on Jesus' feet with her tears and wiped with her hair. Christ said her sins are forgiven. That's a beautiful but different account.) Mary of Bethany I believe did this out of love and gratitude towards Jesus but Judas Iscariot said to her. "Why waste this ointment cost a yearly wage and given to the poor?" But Christ rebuked him and said. "Leave her alone! For the day of My burial she has kept this". You see Mary of Bethany wasn't afraid to show her love for Jesus and neither should we. I pray that it motivates us women of God to be unapologetic in our love for Jesus by spending quality time with Him as Mary of Bethany did and pour our love for Him during praise and worship time. Her pouring oil on Him was an act of worship! I pray that it motivates us to love our Lord and Savior more lavishly so the world can see Him in and through us and want what we have. Mary of Bethany was known for her love for Jesus and so should we! That's what I wanted to share with you ladies today. I wanted to go back to the women of the Bible (the Bible is our foundation) to honor them and their legacy something we should apply to our lives today. Blessings, happy Lord's day, and have a blessed week everyone.