Crazy day here. We moved another one out and got two new ones. There is something always happening here! We also helped unload a trailer of donated goods today. Winston County Baptist Association does a food drive for us each year. The canned goods help us keep grocery costs down. I am so thankful to work for an organization that has proven itself. Yesterday was our 122 birthday. We have shown that we truly love and care for these kids and God continues to bless us. I love my job!!
Mark 4:
Verses 1-20: I always think about the skit the youth group used to do. I so want to be the good soil and take in the Word, accept it, and bear good fruit.
Verses 21-25: A light should be bright and shine on EVERYTHING around it. Some people won't like it but you don't hit the dimmer. Keep shining. God will measure how I use my light.
Verse 34: Can you imagine what those private conversations were like?!?! He talked candidly to them. To be in His inner circle where He shared his hopes, fears, lessons, and life. The reunion with Jesus and His disciples in Heaven must have been incredible. They all finished the race worthy(except Judas) and died for Him. The embraces and laughter abounded, I am sure. Also the pride in Jesus's eyes must have been overwhelming.
Verses 35-41: They were still comprehending who Jesus was and the power he had. They knew he could heal and rebuke demons. Now He was controlling the storms. Everyday was a new revelation.
Mark 5:
Verses 1-5: Spirits can be very powerful. His were so strong that people and chains could not stop him.
Verse 13: 2000 spirits inhabited the man!! I wonder if he had a recollection of that time? If so, what does a person think/feel when inhabited by a demon??
Verses 18-20: Our calling to follow Jesus isn't always to go overseas or across the US. Jesus told him to work among his friends, family, and the area.
Verse 37: Peter, James, and John are given special privileges again.
Verse 43: He raises her from death and immediately becomes concerned for her physical well being. He tells them to feed her!
**These next verses may be some of the most powerful(to me) that I have ever read. I have read it a billion times before, but this time I heard from God. I cried reading it. I cried journaling about it. I have cried twice since then thinking back on it. So thankful when God touches our heart through His word. Thankful for seeing him in new light. Thankful that His word is alive and still working. There is no doubt that God and I had a moment that night. And now, I am crying typing this.
Verses 24-34: The humiliation and pain(physical and emotional) this woman had felt in her life must have been tremendous. She knew all it would take was a touch by Jesus. She did not even think she was worthy to approach Him, so she tried to be secretive about it. In verse 33 She comes before Jesus when he starts questioning who did it. It says she came in fear and trembling. She fell down and told her story. I imagine her not even being able to look him in the eyes. At his feet. Crying. Pleading how sorry she was. His first word to her: "Daughter" This story makes me love sweet Jesus even more. NO condemnation. No anger. The compassion He showed is what brings me to tears. He healed her physically long before this. The moment she touched Him her faith healed her physically. But Jesus did so much more for her. He could have let her go on healed physically. But she had deeper scars. She had scars that He knew needed healing and would require a little more. I imagine the moment he said "Daughter" she looked up immediately. I don't imagine the tears stopped. I imagine they flowed even more. For once in at least twelve years, she was worthy to be talked to, she was worthy to be in public, she was worthy to be loved, and better yet SHE WAS LOVED. I imagine(and I understand that this is not biblical, I could be very wrong) He bends down and helps her off her knees. I imagine Him embracing her. She probably had not been touched in 12 years. I believe people knew who she was, knew her problem, she was kept away from people, and in that moment Jesus Christ declared to everyone that no matter what the woman's past was she was valuable to Him and she was worthy of a life that she would now get to live and she was worthy or the greatest love of all. God is so good. Just GOOD. This passage has given me such a beautiful insight on compassion. That Jesus took the time to heal her COMPLETELY. That He didn't let her go on in life hurting. She would have gotten to live her life again but now she could live it without the scars and hurt and baggage she would have had. I am so thankful that God still has compassion on me. That when I give it to him and stand before Him in faith He still calls out "Daughter" and He hugs me. Oh how He hugs me. That He still takes baggage. He still takes hurt and he still take scars. He still declares people worthy. I am worthy. You are worthy. And OH HOW WE ARE LOVED.
Mark 4:
Verses 1-20: I always think about the skit the youth group used to do. I so want to be the good soil and take in the Word, accept it, and bear good fruit.
Verses 21-25: A light should be bright and shine on EVERYTHING around it. Some people won't like it but you don't hit the dimmer. Keep shining. God will measure how I use my light.
Verse 34: Can you imagine what those private conversations were like?!?! He talked candidly to them. To be in His inner circle where He shared his hopes, fears, lessons, and life. The reunion with Jesus and His disciples in Heaven must have been incredible. They all finished the race worthy(except Judas) and died for Him. The embraces and laughter abounded, I am sure. Also the pride in Jesus's eyes must have been overwhelming.
Verses 35-41: They were still comprehending who Jesus was and the power he had. They knew he could heal and rebuke demons. Now He was controlling the storms. Everyday was a new revelation.
Mark 5:
Verses 1-5: Spirits can be very powerful. His were so strong that people and chains could not stop him.
Verse 13: 2000 spirits inhabited the man!! I wonder if he had a recollection of that time? If so, what does a person think/feel when inhabited by a demon??
Verses 18-20: Our calling to follow Jesus isn't always to go overseas or across the US. Jesus told him to work among his friends, family, and the area.
Verse 37: Peter, James, and John are given special privileges again.
Verse 43: He raises her from death and immediately becomes concerned for her physical well being. He tells them to feed her!
**These next verses may be some of the most powerful(to me) that I have ever read. I have read it a billion times before, but this time I heard from God. I cried reading it. I cried journaling about it. I have cried twice since then thinking back on it. So thankful when God touches our heart through His word. Thankful for seeing him in new light. Thankful that His word is alive and still working. There is no doubt that God and I had a moment that night. And now, I am crying typing this.
Verses 24-34: The humiliation and pain(physical and emotional) this woman had felt in her life must have been tremendous. She knew all it would take was a touch by Jesus. She did not even think she was worthy to approach Him, so she tried to be secretive about it. In verse 33 She comes before Jesus when he starts questioning who did it. It says she came in fear and trembling. She fell down and told her story. I imagine her not even being able to look him in the eyes. At his feet. Crying. Pleading how sorry she was. His first word to her: "Daughter" This story makes me love sweet Jesus even more. NO condemnation. No anger. The compassion He showed is what brings me to tears. He healed her physically long before this. The moment she touched Him her faith healed her physically. But Jesus did so much more for her. He could have let her go on healed physically. But she had deeper scars. She had scars that He knew needed healing and would require a little more. I imagine the moment he said "Daughter" she looked up immediately. I don't imagine the tears stopped. I imagine they flowed even more. For once in at least twelve years, she was worthy to be talked to, she was worthy to be in public, she was worthy to be loved, and better yet SHE WAS LOVED. I imagine(and I understand that this is not biblical, I could be very wrong) He bends down and helps her off her knees. I imagine Him embracing her. She probably had not been touched in 12 years. I believe people knew who she was, knew her problem, she was kept away from people, and in that moment Jesus Christ declared to everyone that no matter what the woman's past was she was valuable to Him and she was worthy of a life that she would now get to live and she was worthy or the greatest love of all. God is so good. Just GOOD. This passage has given me such a beautiful insight on compassion. That Jesus took the time to heal her COMPLETELY. That He didn't let her go on in life hurting. She would have gotten to live her life again but now she could live it without the scars and hurt and baggage she would have had. I am so thankful that God still has compassion on me. That when I give it to him and stand before Him in faith He still calls out "Daughter" and He hugs me. Oh how He hugs me. That He still takes baggage. He still takes hurt and he still take scars. He still declares people worthy. I am worthy. You are worthy. And OH HOW WE ARE LOVED.
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