I awoke, this morning, to my world being coated with fresh fallen snow.
And I smiled.
Though I am a snow-lover, I am now ready for signs of spring, but snow never fails to raise the corners of my lips, to raise the shadows from within.
As I smiled my mind began reciting Matthew 28:20:
“lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
The word, lo stayed in my mind, and I had to look it up. According to dictionary.com, lo means look, or see. It is delivered with excitement, importance.
And I looked out the window, and smiled, yet again.
The verse, above, is part of the Great Commission, when Jesus was instructing his disciples on their job description as his followers, specifically after he was gone from them. Remember, this was the resurrected Jesus, so there was a bit of doubt … though, I bet they were riveted at the same time … you wouldn’t have to say LO (look) twice to me!
Through his Spirit, he is always near, all we need to do is look, open our eyes to see his presence in our days.
So simple, yet so complex at the same time.
“Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely lo I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:16-20
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