MARK 10:49-52 (2026)

MARK 10:49-52

49 Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called the blind man, saying, “Take heart! Get up, he is calling you!” 50 He immediately threw aside his cloak, jumped up and went to Jesus. 51 Then Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said, “Master, let me see again!” 52 And Jesus said to him, “Go your way, your faith has made you well.” And, immediately, he could see, and he followed Jesus along the road.

---- my own,

In your blindness, in your groping, even though it appears to you that all hope is lost and you think Me far away from the sound of your voice, you believe Me to be unreachable and unmoved by the sorrow and the overwhelming anxiety that is crushing you. Nothing can be further away from the truth. Pay close attention to what I say to you today because all that I said to Bartimaeus then, I say to all who approach Me with faith. He placed himself on the road to Jericho, knowing I was to pass that way. He recognized that he had nothing; all he had was hope in Me and faith that I would do for him what I had done for so many others. He did not doubt. He heard Me approaching and the crowd coming nearer. He raised his voice and cried out persistently, hoping his cry would somehow rise over the clamor of the crowd and reach My ears. He did not allow doubt to douse his faith and hope. Instead, the louder the crowd tried to shush him, the louder he cried out to Me, and lo, I heard him. I stopped. The crowd halted, and Bartimaeus heard Me saying, 'Call him.' He did not need a second invitation. The crowd confirmed that I was calling him, leaving his cloak behind, his only necessary but meagre possession, he jumped up and ran to Me. I saw him as no one had seen him thus far, and I asked him, 'What do you want Me to do for you?' He replied from the very depths of his anguished soul,  “Master, let me see again!”  Immediately, I restored his sight, and he rejoiced with exultant praise and followed Me. To follow Me, ---- mine, means that you must pick up your cross daily, joyfully, and stay close to Me, for where I AM is life, hope, joy, and peace. 

TOBIT 7:17 (2026)

TOBIT 7:17

17 “Have courage, my child, 

the God of heaven and earth will change your sorrow into joy. 

Have confidence, my daughter!”

---- my own,

Take to heart the promise I make to you this day. Write it on your heart. Embed it in your spirit. I AM God, I AM the eternal Word of the Living God, and I always keep My promises. Take heed to what I AM saying to you today, it is what I have been saying to you for a while, and yet you have allowed gloom, doom, and sadness to cast a weary pall over your soul and your spirit. You have lost your joy andyour peace because you refuse to take Me at My Word. Have confidence! Have courage! Have faith! I AM the Lord your God who has called you from darkness into My own marvelous light. I have declared you to be Mine. I have carved your name on the palm of My Hand. I have rescued you from the snares of the enemy. I have set your feet on solid ground. I hear all your prayers. I have heard your sighs, I have collected your tears. I desire what you desire as well. Justice and peace for your children and their salvation. Continue to pray, but do so with joy and peace, with faith and confidence, with the certainty that God, your Abba, who loves you, will give you all that your heart desires, and you will rejoice with Me as a young bride rejoices in her bridegroom.