And the last enemy to be destroyed is death.
Blessings of Future Perfection
Now we see things imperfectly,
like puzzling reflections in a mirror,
but then we will see everything with perfect clarity.
All that I know now is partial and incomplete,
but then I will know everything completely,
just as God now knows me completely.
(St. Barbara’s Church, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic)
Blessings of Holding Stuff Lightly
Those who use the things of the world
should not become attached to them.
For this world as we know it
will soon pass away.
(Sedlec Ossuary–the Bone Church–in Kutna Hora, Czech Republic)
Blessings of What’s Truly Important
It’s not important who does the planting,
or who does the watering.
What’s important is that God makes the seed grow.
The one who plants and the one who waters
work together with the same purpose.
And both will be rewarded for their own hard work.
(Kutna Hora, The Czech Republic)
Blessings of Seeking To Understand More Of God
…He made you holy by means of Christ Jesus,
just as he did for all people everywhere
who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
their Lord and ours.
Blessings of Confident Hope
I pray that God,
the source of hope,
will fill you completely with joy and peace
because you trust in him.
Then you will overflow with confident hope
through the power of the Holy Spirit.
(Old Prague from Charles Bridge tower)
Blessings of Allowing God To Change Your Thinking
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world,
but let God transform you into a new person
by changing the way you think.
Then you will learn to know God’s will for you,
which is good and pleasing and perfect.
(View from Charles bridge tower in Prague)
Blessings of Trusting The “Impossible”
Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge!
How impossible it is for us to understand
his decisions and his ways!
(Clock tower in old Prague, Czech Republic)
Blessings of God’s Unrelenting Love
And I am convinced that nothing
can ever separate us from God’s love.
Neither death nor life,
neither angels nor demons,
neither our fears for today
nor our worries about tomorrow—
not even the powers of hell
can separate us from God’s love.
Blessings of Knowing Abba, Father
So you have not received a spirit
that makes you fearful slaves.
Instead, you received God’s Spirit
when he adopted you as his own children.
Now we call him, “Abba, Father.”
For his Spirit joins with our spirit
to affirm that we are God’s children.