June 22

Alone He must tread the path; alone He must bear the burden. Upon Him who had lain off His glory and accepted the weakness of humanity the redemption of the world must rest. He saw and felt it all, but His purpose remained steadfast. Upon His arm depended the salvation of the fallen race, and He reached out His hand to grasp the hand of Omnipotent Love.

          Desire of Ages, page 112 from the chapter, 'The baptism'

     Camp meeting is coming up, I hope that you will attend or watch the streaming of the event. The short reading talks about the responsibility that Jesus felt. I remember the time when the video recording for the DVD of one whole sermon failed. We couldn’t have that. It became my responsibility to rebuild the whole sermon. I could have abandoned my trial but I knew people wanted that one video. I could never have done the edit without a crowd of people supporting the editor.

     Jesus faced a far more serious situation. The whole world depended on him! He was not out to prove how wonderful He was. Jesus did not try to show that He was better than anyone else. Jesus was there to serve.

     I love the picture of the Creator of the universe reaching out to touch His Father’s hand. He would have felt the reassurance of support.

     If the Son realised His need of support at the start of a new task so should we. At the start of the week, stretch out your hand to grasp the hand of Omnipotent Love. You can do that with one short prayer.    

     There is still a problem with my computer that makes it very hard for me to receive emails. So I stretched out my hand and had a suggested song offered to me by Sherie. Your song for today is, ‘Of the deep, deep love of Jesus’ by Selah. Thanks Sherie. Please click on the picture to listen.