Today's Reading
Leviticus. You will note that the statues mentioned today all have at least two things in common. First, they are sins against God; violations of His holiness. Second, they are sins against other humans, each destructive in its own way. Consequently, they all break what Jesus described as the Great Commandment ("You shall love God with all your heart, soul, strength and mind.") and the second greatest one ("You shall love your neighbor as yourself.")
Mark. "If anyone is ashamed of me and my message in these adulterous and sinful days, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he returns in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.” Today's passage is one important lesson after another, but what a conclusion! I don't know about you, but I have had moments in my life when I was ashamed.
Mark includes the account of Jesus healing a blind man. Did you notice that Jesus took him by the hand outside the village to heal him? Then, Jesus told him to bypass the village on the way home. I never noticed that before!
Psalms reminds me of Jesus' words from the cross: "My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?" I think that was because the weight of our sins made Jesus fully experience what we experience. Is it that God has forsaken us or that we feel forsaken?
Proverbs. Accepting discipline is a sign of maturity.
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Mark 8:25 Why didn't Jesus want the healed blind man to go back thru the village. Is it because he didn't want the people to know that he had healed the man? He didn't like to advertise his healings.
ReplyDeletePsalm 42:11 "I will put my hope in God". I do-for other people. I pray for others constantly. I never pray for my self. I think I need to start asking for help for myself and put my hope for myself in God.
Jesus had compassion on this blind man, but He didn't want a spectacle. He wanted the man to enjoy his healing without using it as a soapbox to get everyone's attention. He could easily have become like a carnival sideshow and God had something better for him. Jesus also was on a mission, as you pointed out, Roberta. He had other places to go and didn't want to spend all His time in the one village.
ReplyDeleteGREAT insight on prayer. Thanks!