Isaiah 8:14-15 Jesus, the name above all names!

Jesus the name above all names. King of kings and Lord of lords. No one comes to the Father except through Him.

Romans 8:31-33 but Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness. 32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone. 33 As it is written: “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense, And whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”

Jesus the only name by which mankind can be saved. 

There is neither Jew nor Gentile, slave nor free, male nor female in the Body of Christ. We are all bound together in the sacrifice of the King of the Jews. Carla

Isaiah 8:14-15 

He will be as a sanctuary, 

But a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense 

To both the houses of Israel, 

As a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 

15 And many among them shall stumble; 

They shall fall and be broken, 

Be snared and taken.”

God is a sanctuary for believers, but a stone of stumbling for unbelievers (Psalm 118:22; Luke 20:17, 18; Romans 9:33; 1 Peter 2:6–8). Both the houses designates both the northern and the southern kingdom, that is, both Israel and Judah. The NKJV Study Bible

1 Peter 2:8 and 

“A stone of stumbling

And a rock of offense.” 

They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.

Romans 9:33 As it is written:“Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense,And whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”

Luke 2:34  Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, “Behold, this Child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against 

Isaiah 4:6 And there will be a tabernacle for shade in the daytime from the heat, for a place of refuge, and for a shelter from storm and rain.

Ezekiel 11:16 Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Although I have cast them far off among the Gentiles, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet I shall be a little sanctuary for them in the countries where they have gone.” ’

Care of any kind—kindness, humanity, compassion, magnanimity—begins with self-care. We too easily don’t see or make the connection. We see shifts and threats to our life and our world, and then we set out, mentally and emotionally and behaviorally, to make changes, as if we need to find “the precise script”. Wondering, where should we be (instead of where we are)?

Forgetting that even when life is catawampus, our choices—to care and give and make a difference—spill from our healed and replenished self.

From that replenished place we can see, listen, relinquish assumptions, and choose to make the world—our small world that we touch—a safe, compassionate, inclusive, kindhearted, healing place. “Sabbath Moments”