Wednesday... Have you ever felt this way?

Luke 23:49 (NLT), "But Jesus friends, including the woman who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching."

Wednesday... Have you ever felt this way?

You feel like your world is falling apart. So what did you do?

Luke 23:49 (NLT) says, "But Jesus friends, including the woman who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching."

Now verse 47, right before this verse says, "And when all the crowd that came to see the crucifixion saw what had happened, they went home in deep sorrow." They were there to see if this man, Jesus was who he said he was and it seemed that they hadn't really put their lives, their trust in this man so they went home with disappointment.

But the ones in verse 48 were different. They believed with all their heart that Jesus was the one and the fact that he died shook them but they didn't run. Their world it seemed died and they didn't really understand what was happening but they still held on and believed.

Have you ever felt this way?

Now if they had really listened to what Jesus had said and understood and believed him they would have gone home and waited for what was going to happen on the third day but they really didn't know and understand what he said. Their hopes and dreams had just fallen apart. And maybe you have been in that spot in your life. But we must read, listen to and believe the whole story.

It is so easy to read the Bible and grab hold of a few verses and put our interpretation on them. Some live by the phrase, "an eye for an eye" but they don't catch hold of the fact that it says, "some people say", and that is not the way we are to live. Yes, the Bible says it but there is more to it. So they do stuff and retaliate when Jesus said to "love your enemies" and forgive them and let him take care of those problems. So they stand at a distance watching and then turn and go home with deep sorrow.

Now Sunday was coming. And those who didn't run away saw what happened, He rose from the grave. And they became a part of the impossible.

But some just went home and never saw what really happened.

Maybe things happened in your life that you believe showed that God didn't care or there wasn't a God so you quit believing. You didn't really believe and know what he really said so you went home disappointed and didn't reap the benefit of believing in God.

"But Jesus friends, including the woman who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching." Yes, they were distraught, in great sorrow but they kept on believing and they have been rewarded with eternal life. They may have been confused in the moment but they still believed in him and what he taught and on Sunday they were rewarded with the fact that Jesus was who he said he was. He was and is and always will be God's son who died and was resurrected for our sins. And yes, he can be trusted.

So maybe it would be a good thing to spend time in the Bible, going to a Bible believing church and spending time with Christian friends and see what God really says. Let's not miss out on what God has planned for us and our lives. Yes, he can be trusted. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

Tuesday... I wonder what would happen if we didn't take the credit?

Nehemiah 6:16b (NLT), "They realized this work had been done with the help of our God." Tuesday... I wonder what would happen if we didn't take the credit? Over in the Old Testament in the book of Nehemiah it tells of a major task that through the leadership of Nehemiah was accomplished. The walls of Jerusalem had been torn down and God had laid it on Nehemiah to build those walls back up. It was definitely an almost impossible task but Nehemiah 6:15-16 says, "So on October 2 the wall was finished - just fifty-two days after we had begun. When our enemies and the surrounding nations heard about it, they were frightened and humiliated. They realized this work had been done with the help of our God." Now, we so many times want to take credit for doing the impossible. It would make such a difference for us. But I wonder what would happen through us if God got the credit? Psalm 96 tells us what we are to do. Verses 2-3 says, "Sing to the LORD; praise his name. ...

Thursday... Maybe we need this word today.

Psalm 57:1b (NIRV), "There I will stay until the danger is gone." Thursday... Maybe we need this word today. There are words in life that give us confidence no matter what we are facing. Now we have to believe them in order for them to have an impact. David wrote Psalm 57 while he was in a cave hiding from Saul who wanted to kill him and he says in the last part of verse 1, "There I will stay." It was a safe place and Saul didn't know that he was there. But he doesn't stop there. With confidence he said, "There I will stay until." And until is definitely a word of faith and confidence. "There I will stay until the danger is gone." Do we need that today? Let me give you the whole verse. In verse 1 David says, "Have mercy on me, God. Have mercy on me." And that is a great place to start in times of trouble. Maybe that is what we need to pray today, "Have mercy on me, God. Have mercy on me." It is so great to have someone...

Tuesday... We just have trouble listening.

1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." Tuesday... We just have trouble listening. Over in Jeremiah 25:4 (NLT) it says, "Again and again the LORD has sent you his servants, the prophets, but you have not listened or even paid attention." And Jeremiah went on to tell what was going to happen. There will be consequences if we do not listen to what God says through his Word. Now the Apostle Paul over in 1 Corinthians was having a problem with some professed Christ followers who were having trouble at listening. And we too can have problems at listening. We can think that being a Christ follower means we do a lot of finger pointing and we give up on people who don't do what we say. We can even do that in our families. But Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." In verse ...

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