Hello Everyone,
As you may have noticed I have no posted in two days, I spend Sunday's with my family and I did not want to leave them for an hour to read and post. As for Monday, I spent the day hanging out with a close friend, so I am sorry for skipping a day, but it was much needed.
Moving on, Today was in our fourth section of our reading which is; Mark Chapter Nine, A day in the Life of Jesus.
This is kind of a short chapter, but I did find some small things to talk about. In this chapter, Jesus takes Peter, James and John to the top of a mountain. At the top of the mountain Moses and Elijah show up, and Jesus' clothes turn to pure white, and then a loud voice comes from the clouds and say's "This is my son, Listen to him."
When they left the mountain, Jesus told Peter, James and John to not tell anyone of what they saw, until the son of man rose from the dead. Peter, James and John, agreed but they had no idea what Jesus was talking about, but they were scared to ask.
I find that a interesting part of the story, That Peter, James and John where to scared to ask Jesus what he was talking about. I mean, out of all the things they see Jesus do, They are to scared to ask him, but I guess when you think about it, Jesus is talking about a man rising from the dead, I would have to admit, if someone started to me about that I would give them that look like "Do you need help?" It just sticks out to me, I thought they would be ready for anything.
I am going to leave you with a question today:
In mark Nine, The stories includes both high and lows in the disciples experience. What would a graph of your spiritual journey look like?
Mine would start at age 10. A giant spike in the chart at age 10, then it would slowly drop until age 13, when I gave my life over to him again, then it would spike up again. Between age 14 and 17.5 in would be dropping to almost zero. At age 17.5 I began to go to church because my wonderful girl friend (now wife) really wanted me to come. And ever since then I have been walking faster and faster to find Christ.
Explain your to me in the comments below, I'd love to hear about your journey.
God Bless,
Eric
I finally had some time to read through your comments. While knowing you your whole life, I become more and more amazed at the way you think and how you feel about God. I always found it surprising (like you do) that Mary, Elizabeth, and the disciples readily accepted what was said or what they saw without questioning anything.
ReplyDeleteThat is how I would like to be but, I am nowhere near close to that now. I have tons and tons of questions...always looking for ALL the details and then still having more questions. Recently, I have become a bit (and I do mean a little bit) more accepting of things. I do wish I could accept whatever God sends my way without questioning "why" or "what????" or "do you mean me???" I think it all a matter of trust. I do trust God but, sometimes my logical mind needs to have something more. To blindly trust....not knowing the outcome, and to not worry. That would be fantastic. I think that is what these verses are trying to tell us.
I agree, I think that we all should be working toward that Blind faith. I wish I could do what he said like they did, but I do not see that happening anytime soon, but prayer and time will tell. :-)
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