The family tree of our Lord does NOT end with His ancestors, because His descendants YOU and I, have been born again INTO His FOREVER family. Can you tell me the full name of your great, grandfather? Or anything about his life? Chances are your own children's grandchildren will not even know your name...what REALLY MATTERS is this: are YOUR TRUE ROOTS IN Jesus' family tree? The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ...and Jacob begot Josehph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ.  Matthew 1:1,16.  Talk about heartbreak, sorrow , misery, and grief...ALL those things are woven through the fabric of our Lord's family tree.  Can you feel their grief behind the words? The grief of Abraham leaving all he had known to go to to a land where he had never been. The grief of letting go of first born, Ishmael, whom he loved. And what about King David? He had a son who died in infancy because of David's own sin.  Later, his son Absolm killed his brother Amnon, and if that were not enough to break a father's heart, Absalom led a revolt against his own dad.  But all these names in Christ's family tree don't hold a candle to the grief that many of us feel. Jesus understands the grief in His ancestors and His descendants. Perhaps your heart is heavy. Perhaps you have been misunderstood. Jesus was.  He says, " I UNDERSTAND."  Perhaps you are lonely. Jesus says, " I know the lonilness of Gethseman's garden". He will bear your griefs and carry your sorrows...if you will let Him.  Jesus understands....Abraham begot Isaac...David the king begot Solomonn by her who had been the wife of Uriah... Matthew 1:2,6

Lord, THANK YOU for bearing my grief and carrying my sorrows. I am leaning on You. Guide me today to do all things that will bring glory and honor to You AMEN 

for it is WITH God ALL things ARE POSSIBLE Matthew 19:26 

I am sharing my daily journey with Jesus from the book "The Passion Code". It is Scripture of Jesus's passion to do His Father's will...the Passion Code is written to move and motivate us to an intense desire to know and love Christ, to DO His will. It takes us on a one hundreds day journey with Jeuss to discover the truth of Colossians 1:27 " to them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Genitles' which is Christ IN you, the HOPE of GLORY" The "code" is revealed at Bethlehem, were we find God WITH us. It continues to Golgotha, where we find God FOR us.  And it culminates at Pentecaost with the discovery that God IN us, takes residency.. the BLESSINGS of God...

Amen