TIMELESS
Today's reading: Acts 15-16

"We believe that we are all saved the same way, by the special favor of the Lord Jesus." Acts 15:11 NLT

I spent all of yesterday gawking over old things...

Mosaics, an art form from the 4th century, in beautiful cathedral built in 1907. A baldachino, an elaborate altar I've come to find out, using pillars of stone from seven different continents. Wooden pews that have only gained in a deep glow from all these years of use.

Walking through many corridors of art in a museum. There were paintings by Picasso and Monet--and many others I'd never heard of. Pieces of art preserved, maintained and valued. Security systems set in place to prevent us from just reaching over and touching them.

And this morning I'm in an old book. Sure, the one I hold in my hand was pulled off the printing press in 1996, but the original manuscript dates back thousands of years. Its pages reveal to me life in a different time and place. Its verses provide me with peace, joy and hope.

Like today's verse.

I'm in awe that I can stand in an old church, gaze upon old paintings and hold near to my heart a book written so long ago--but what really touches my soul is that I'm saved by the same power--the power of Jesus Christ, that it refers to!

The same power by which Saul/Paul was saved.

The same power that saved Peter, forgave Peter and drew him back in.

The same power that changed Zaccheus' life.

The same power that changed a centurion's life.

The same power that reached back and touched the woman with the issue of blood.

The same power that met a woman at a Samaritan well.

I've been saved by the timeless power of Jesus' blood!

Old things look new and exciting to me this morning.