Since I decided to give up sweets I have made a huge portion of banana pudding and 2 batches of brownies. Apparently I enjoy self-torture. I have survived though. I think the torture is actually the whole point. It isn't supposed to be easy. I am supposed to be constantly reminded of the sacrifice that was Calvary. Me not eating sweets doesn't even register on the same planet as Calvary. How petty I am. I have also been having dreams lately. No, I don't think God has given me dreams, like Joseph dreams. They aren't telling the future or anything. But I struggle with praying for others. I do it, but I often forget or something. My prayers are usually really big thank you lists to God. While that is a good thing to do, one of my greatest responsibilities to other people is to go before the throne for them. And I am a failure. Multiple times over the last few weeks God has given me random VIVID dreams of certain people and I wake up when it is over. I know I am to pray for that person. So, I do. The Holy Spirits tender nudging through my imaginative brain is so stinkin' cool. Don't you just love to see God work in your life in new ways?!
Mark 6:
Verse 31: Jesus understood that they needed a break. We need to make sure we take care of ourselves so that we give our best effort to Jesus.
Verse 48: "He meant to pass by them." Where was Jesus going?? This has me so perplexed. Was He just going to walk on the water to the next place? No idea. Makes me giggle too. Jesus is just on a casual stroll on the water when they begin freaking out. I imagine him rolling his eyes like "Geez, gotta stop my walk to calm you guys down. Haven't I taught you better!" HA!
Mark 7:
Verses 1-5: Random gross fact: I rarely wash my hands. I do if they are dirty or I touch chicken or I am cooking but that is it. I am allergic to a lot of soaps and they make my hands peel, so I avoid them. They would have hung me at the temple!
Verse 8: How often do we speak stuff or do stuff that is just a tradition? It is of men and not God. Sometimes they are okay but when we put them above things of God, we have messed up.
Verse 19: Jesus declares all food clean. Thank goodness. I love me some pork, shell fish, actually just about anything.
Verses 21-23: SO GUILTY.
Verses 27-29: SO confused. Jesus spoke so plainly sometimes and then he goes into code mode and throws me off. I am pretty sure she was saying that she wasn't a Jew so she knew that she did not have "rights" but that even dogs get crumbs so could Jesus just throw her some crumbs and heal her child. She admitted her 'lowliness' so he healed the child. Most of the time the only thing God is looking for is faith in him and humbleness of ourselves.
Verse 36: Still amused that they do not keep quiet when God asks them to.
Mark 8:
Verse 11-13: He was doing signs everywhere but they were never satisfied. How often do I want more??
Verses 34-38: The world tells us we need so many things. THE WORLD LIES. We, as a whole, are SO unsatisfied. I want to be satisfied in Jesus. I want nothing else to matter. It is a constant battle.
Mark 6:
Verse 31: Jesus understood that they needed a break. We need to make sure we take care of ourselves so that we give our best effort to Jesus.
Verse 48: "He meant to pass by them." Where was Jesus going?? This has me so perplexed. Was He just going to walk on the water to the next place? No idea. Makes me giggle too. Jesus is just on a casual stroll on the water when they begin freaking out. I imagine him rolling his eyes like "Geez, gotta stop my walk to calm you guys down. Haven't I taught you better!" HA!
Mark 7:
Verses 1-5: Random gross fact: I rarely wash my hands. I do if they are dirty or I touch chicken or I am cooking but that is it. I am allergic to a lot of soaps and they make my hands peel, so I avoid them. They would have hung me at the temple!
Verse 8: How often do we speak stuff or do stuff that is just a tradition? It is of men and not God. Sometimes they are okay but when we put them above things of God, we have messed up.
Verse 19: Jesus declares all food clean. Thank goodness. I love me some pork, shell fish, actually just about anything.
Verses 21-23: SO GUILTY.
Verses 27-29: SO confused. Jesus spoke so plainly sometimes and then he goes into code mode and throws me off. I am pretty sure she was saying that she wasn't a Jew so she knew that she did not have "rights" but that even dogs get crumbs so could Jesus just throw her some crumbs and heal her child. She admitted her 'lowliness' so he healed the child. Most of the time the only thing God is looking for is faith in him and humbleness of ourselves.
Verse 36: Still amused that they do not keep quiet when God asks them to.
Mark 8:
Verse 11-13: He was doing signs everywhere but they were never satisfied. How often do I want more??
Verses 34-38: The world tells us we need so many things. THE WORLD LIES. We, as a whole, are SO unsatisfied. I want to be satisfied in Jesus. I want nothing else to matter. It is a constant battle.
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