Monday, January 31, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Blessed Beyond Measure
This is my first official blog. I don't think I'll say much, except this. I am blessed beyond measure. God is so good to me. I have friends who bless me beyond measure. I have family who supports me and gives me unconditional love. I have a home. God is good. All the time. I know that none of it has come from me.
I was struck by something in Luke this week. If you'll permit, I'd like to share it with you without chapter and verse distinctions. In the book of Luke "'He who has ears to hear, let him hear.' Now the tax collectors and 'sinners' were gathering to hear Jesus. But the Pharisees and teachers of the law muttered, 'This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.'"
I read these verses together and it struck me that I had never put them together before even though they are concurrent verses. However, because they are in different chapters, I had never put them together before, though they are certainly and obviously connected. Those who had the ears to hear were the sinners, not those who should have recognized Jesus as the Messiah. This isn't a surprise to me, it's obvious through all of Scripture, but these three verses struck me so strongly tonight.
Well my friends, I pray that today is a day that draws you ever nearer to God, that you would have the ears to hear and that you know you are loved and blessed beyond anything you can imagine, beyond measure.
I was struck by something in Luke this week. If you'll permit, I'd like to share it with you without chapter and verse distinctions. In the book of Luke "'He who has ears to hear, let him hear.' Now the tax collectors and 'sinners' were gathering to hear Jesus. But the Pharisees and teachers of the law muttered, 'This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.'"
I read these verses together and it struck me that I had never put them together before even though they are concurrent verses. However, because they are in different chapters, I had never put them together before, though they are certainly and obviously connected. Those who had the ears to hear were the sinners, not those who should have recognized Jesus as the Messiah. This isn't a surprise to me, it's obvious through all of Scripture, but these three verses struck me so strongly tonight.
Well my friends, I pray that today is a day that draws you ever nearer to God, that you would have the ears to hear and that you know you are loved and blessed beyond anything you can imagine, beyond measure.
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