Treasures in Heaven

Richard and I have enjoyed a wonderful week in Spain, but in the early hours on Saturday morning we had a phone call from Libby to say that our house has been burgled and trashed, Richard and I prayed that Vicky and the dog would be ok, and the following bible passage came to mind from Matthew 6:19-21 :

Surrender to Spirit

I don't know if it is just me, or too little faith, but does asking for then surrendering to the Spirit in public feels more risky and humbling, especially when you may weep.
I do feel though if obedient to and accepting of it, trust, relationship, love and fruit seems to come.

During the service someone, a Christian said: "A bruised Reed I will not break".

Strength from heaven

I have just read today's reading in Luke 22: 39-43. Jesus is at a real low, to put it mildly.  He is just about to face death; a very humiliating one, and very humiliating awful prolonged questioning and mocking and all the rest of it. Even though it says elsewhere several times that Jesus is choosing this path, in order for the world to be restored, this is the one point where he says "please, Father..... is there any other way..... I don't want to do this, take this huge responsibility off me." He is at breaking point. But then there comes this surrender to the bigger picture:  "yet not my will but yours be done". I think at this point he gives God what little he has, even though he feels weak, overwhelmed and alone.