†♥ Jesus of Nazareth, The Christ.
Advocate, All Consuming Fire, All Knowing/Omniscient, All Seeing (Omniscient), Almighty (God Almighty: El Sadday), Alpha and Omega, Amen, Anointed (Adonai: The Anointed One), Apostle of our Profession, Atoning Sacrifice for our Sins, Author of Life, Author and Perfecter of our Faith, Author of Salvation, Battle-axe, Beginning and End, Blessed and only Ruler, Bread of God, Bread of Life, Bridegroom, Capstone, Chief Cornerstone, Chief Shepherd, Comforter, Creator/Maker, The Dayspring from On High, Deliverer, Eternal Life, Everlasting Father, Gate, The Great Physician, Faithful and True, Faithful Witness, Faith and True Witness, First and Last, Firstborn From the Dead, Forever, Forgiver, Foundation, Friend, Gate, God: El Roi, Good Shepherd, Great Shepherd, Great High Priest, Head of the Church, Healer: Jehovah Rapha, Heir of all things, High Priest, Holy and True, Holy One, Hope, Hope of Glory, Horn of Salvation, Ever Present One: Jehovah-Shammah/Omnipresent, (The Great) I Am, Image of God, Immanuel, Intercessor, (Righteous) Judge of the living and the dead, King Eternal, King of Israel, King of the Jews, King of kings, King of the Ages, Lamb, Lamb of God, Lamb Without Blemish, Last Adam, (Giver of) Life, Light of the World, Lion of the Tribe of Judah, Living One, Living Stone, Lord: Yahweh, Lord of All, Lord of Hosts, Lord of Glory, Lord of lords, LORD [YahWeh] our Righteousness, Man from Heaven, Master, Mediator of the New Covenant, Messiah, Mighty God, (The Bright and) Morning Star, Most High (God Most High: El Elyon), (The) Name (Hashem) above all names, Offspring of David, Only Begotten Son of God, Our Great God and Savior, Our Holiness, Our Husband, Our Protection, Our Redemption, Our Righteousness, Our Sacrificed Passover Lamb, Power of God, Precious Cornerstone, Prince of Peace/Giver of Peace: Jehovah Shalom, Prophet, Provider: Jehovah Jireh, Resurrection and Life, Righteous Branch, Righteous One, Rock, Root of David, Ruler of God’s Creation, Ruler of the Kings of the Earth, Savior, Son of David, Son of God, Son of Man, Son of the Most High God, Source of Eternal Salvation, Strong Tower, Teacher: Rabbi, The One Mediator, The Stone the builders rejected, True Bread, True Light, True Vine, Truth, Victor/Battle Fighter, Way, Wisdom of God, Wonderful Counselor, Word, Word of God.
● Calling of Matthew (9:11-12):
Pharisees (to Jesus' Disciples): “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
Jesus: “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
● And I promise you this, no matter who enters your life, I will love you more than any of them (The Lover of My Soul).
To love you as I should, I must worship God as Creator. The promise, made when I am in love and because I am in love, to be true to the beloved as long as I live, commits me to being true even if I cease to be in love. A promise must be about things that I can do, about actions: no one can promise to go on feeling in a certain way. He might as well promise to never have a headache or always to feel hungry. Love may, indeed, love the beloved when her beauty is lost: but not because it is lost. Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal. Love is more sensitive than hatred itself to every blemish in the beloved… Of all powers he forgives most, but he condones least: he is pleased with little, but demands all. Love, in its own nature, demands the perfecting of the beloved. Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained (C. S. Lewis).
She is out there. My Cinderella. She is real. She exists. I pray for her constantly. May God satisfy the desires of her heart, draw her close, consume her. May He claim her passions, her identity, her refuge, her hopes, her strengths and weaknesses, every fiber of her being. May she treasure and cherish her Savior more than anything of this world and cling to His will with every ounce of her stamina. By all that she is, does, and strives to be, may He draw near to her and she to Him (A. Young).