January 13, 2008 Reading Schedule

Read Genesis 31-32 and Matthew 9:18-38

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Anonymous said...

Um...hello? Guys? Am I still in the right place? Because if I'm driving the bus alone there is a very good chance I've gotten lost.

Matthew 19:20-21 I love this woman's simple faith...She said to herself, "If only I can touch the hem of His robe...." and she did. Lord, give me faith like that.

19:25 I wonder if the "dead" girl's family still had to pay the professional mourners after Jesus raised her. I like how Jesus wasn't all "Ha! In your FACE!" to them. I would have been, but He just left quietly. I have to admit I got a bit of a funny picture in my head at v. 27, 2 blind men following Jesus. I'm not trying to be blasphemous here, honest...but talk about the blind leading the blind...

They obviously found the Lord though, and made it into the house, where He healed them...not out in public, because He didn't want a circus atmosphere. I also noticed He didn't heal them right away...He obviously thought it would be better for them to find their way into the house. I tell ya, though, if someone had healed me and told me not to tell, I'd sure be keeping my mouth shut.

V 34: Someone was obviously feeling a little pouty. Can you picture these guys? Looks like jealousy to me!

V 35: Doesn't jump off the page at ya, nothing huge happens here, but did you notice Jesus healed EVERY kind of sickness and disease? He can, guys, nothing is too big or complicated for Him, and no disease, physical or spiritual, is any match for our Lord.

V 36: When Jesus saw the crowds, He had compassion on them. Do I have compassion on the multitudes, the people I see every day? No. Unless they're in obvious distress, I tend to ignore most people. I'm not one of those "strike up a conversation in the grocery store" types. I kind of like to be left alone. Maybe exchange pleasant small talk, but not approach a total stranger. STRANGER DANGER!!!! my mind tells me. Lord, change my heart on this, or put such obvious open doors in front of me that I can't turn away. Help me to look people in the eye, to notice those the world overlooks. Help me to quit being so focused on ME. I want to be one of the harvest workers! I want to be a farmer. Hey....I have a barn! (If you weren't there Saturday, you might not get that. I don't actually have a barn, but I hope to one day. A real messy one)

Genesis 31: Not one, but two instances of God speaking to folks through dreams again. I'm keeping count....and hoping that one I had last night was just my creative imagination and not a word from the Lord. :P

So what's up with Rachel stealing her family idols??? Did they not worship the Lord? Why did she want them? What were they used for? She could have gotten Jacob in big trouble! I'm curious about this.

32:24-25 I'm noticing words like He, Man, etc, are capitalized, signifying that the Man whom Jacob wrestled with was Jesus??? If it was, he could have taken Jacob easily I imagine, but what I like here is that no matter what, Jacob REFUSED TO LET GO. The going got tough, and Jacob still clung to the Man....I want to be like that with God. When I am wrestling with some sin issue or situation I am in, even if something within me gets dislocated, let me never let go. I find it interesting that the Man (or angel as I was always told it was) would not tell Jacob His name. Is it because the it wasn't time for the world to know Jesus yet?

Oh, a question from Renee, my 8 yr old. We were reading about Isaac and Rebekah, and she wondered why Rebekah put a veil over her face as she went to greet Isaac. I pondered that, and "because she was pretending to be a bandit to give him a good laugh" sounded like something I would do, but not accurate, I told her I thought it was probably tradition of some sort. Anyone? Thanks!

Trippin' on Grace,
Chris <><

January 13, 2008 at 10:15 PM

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