The Lily Letters

On behalf of the National Sisterhood, Happy Easter, my beautiful sisters! For those who celebrate Easter today or later (I see you, my Eastern Orthodox sisters), I wanted to share some thoughts of our wonderful Savior with you, to remind you of His goodness and grace as we celebrate His resurrection and the new life He brings! Jesus Christ is: R - reconciliation. Jesus has made it possible for all of those who call upon Him in earnest to be restored to God. (Romans 10:13; 2 Corinthians 5:18-19; 1 Peter 3:18) I - immanent. God is both a participant in all of His creation as well as distinct from it. "Immanuel" is this immanent God with us, and through Jesus we have the Word made flesh for His ultimate glory and for our salvation! (Ephesians 4:6; Psalm 139:2; John 1:14) S - sacrifice. Never take for granted His own knowledge of His self-sacrifical love for you and me. If we weren't worth saving, He wouldn't have surrendered to walk the darkest path to a humiliating, pai...

Matthew 7:7-8 7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened." I once heard a story about a man that was traveling for work. When he arrived at his destination & walking around, he noticed that no one was wearing shoes. On multiple occasions, he approached individuals and asked if they believed in shoes. Every time, they told him “of course we believe in shoes.” “Then why don’t you wear them,” he asked. All but one person answered “That’s a good question.” One man pointed to a building down the street & said “That building is a shoe manufacturing facility. Once a week, we visit the facility, & the owner tells us all of the benefits of wearing shoes. We believe in shoes, but we just choose not to wear them.” Sounds silly, right? But we’re not that far off. Every week, we worship with believers. We beli...