DAY TWENTY-NINE – Monday, March 22, 2021
John 14:1-7
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling-places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. And you know the way to the place where I am going.” Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you know me, you will know my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”
This passage describes Jesus speaking to the disciples right after he has told them that he is going away and someone is going to betray him. He tells them to “not let their hearts be troubled” and that they know the way to find him. I believe it is meant to comfort them, and reassure them. There will be a place for them in heaven.
But I believe he is also instructing them. I feel there is also a sternness about what he is telling them. He has taught them and showed them. So, they know what to do, even if it will not be easy. They need to remember and pay attention and persevere.
I can’t help but reflect on how this passage makes me feel in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Just as the disciples would have felt confused, afraid, sad, alone and without direction, I think we all have experienced similar feelings coping with the pandemic. We can remind ourselves that we have a place in heaven and we know the way.
Leanne Kerr
John 14:1-7
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling-places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. And you know the way to the place where I am going.” Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you know me, you will know my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”
This passage describes Jesus speaking to the disciples right after he has told them that he is going away and someone is going to betray him. He tells them to “not let their hearts be troubled” and that they know the way to find him. I believe it is meant to comfort them, and reassure them. There will be a place for them in heaven.
But I believe he is also instructing them. I feel there is also a sternness about what he is telling them. He has taught them and showed them. So, they know what to do, even if it will not be easy. They need to remember and pay attention and persevere.
I can’t help but reflect on how this passage makes me feel in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Just as the disciples would have felt confused, afraid, sad, alone and without direction, I think we all have experienced similar feelings coping with the pandemic. We can remind ourselves that we have a place in heaven and we know the way.
Leanne Kerr
