He touched me

“I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.”

Martin Luther

You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.

Garcia Lorca said:

Put aside sadness and melancholy

Life is lovely,  there are but few days

and only now do we have to enjoy it. 

Desechad tristezas y melancólicas. 

La vida es amable, tiene pocos dias

 y tan solo ahora la hemos de gozar

Growing into the truth

Can we only speak when we are fully living what we are saying?  If all our words had to cover all our actions, we would be doomed to permanent silence!  Sometimes we are called to proclaim God's love even when we are not yet fully able to live it.  Does that mean we are hypocrites?  Only when our own words no longer call us to conversion.  Nobody completely lives up to his or her own ideals and visions.  But by proclaiming our ideals and visions with great conviction and great humility, we may gradually grow into the truth we speak.  As long as we know that our lives always will speak louder than our words, we can trust that our words will remain humble. Henri Nouwen

Touching His hem

When we hang on to His Word for dear life, then our faith is not just blind faith. We know whom we have believed, and we are convinced that he is able to guard what we have entrusted to Him for that day.

“I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.”

Martin Luther

Healed

(They) just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

LORD, Save Me!

“Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”

“Lord, save me!”

³² And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down. ³³ Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”