tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926245050623680380.post3905505824595926950..comments2023-10-02T03:42:56.623-04:00Comments on Kennesaw UMC: Radical LoveKennesaw UMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05676925618149922240noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926245050623680380.post-90234604306640503382011-06-28T21:51:37.654-04:002011-06-28T21:51:37.654-04:00Lynne I hope Jesus loves tall people too!! :)
Th...Lynne I hope Jesus loves tall people too!! :) <br /><br />The verse that spoke to me today was 19:11 "they thought the kingdom of God would appear immediately". They were tired of waiting for what they felt was promised them. Impatient much like we are today. Jesus must have been so frustrated at this point! He even wept over Jerusalem. Is He still weeping about us? He told us in 19:10 -- "The Son of man has come to seek and save that which was lost". and 21:36 -- "Watch therefore and pray always". Don't be caught off guard. Be ready when God needs you. <br /><br />I am reading another book right now called "Moonwalking with Einstein" about a reporter's journey from forgetting where he parks his car to participating in a memory competition. It talks about the "curve of forgetting", and says "from the time you grasp a new piece of information, your memory's hold on it begins to slowly loosen until it lets go altogether". So I am thankful that this study is taking me through passages I have read so many times before, helping me to be patient and remember God's real promise in Jesus.Carol Floreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05371996673049353163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926245050623680380.post-20050631625100142752011-06-28T21:43:05.671-04:002011-06-28T21:43:05.671-04:00Pride and greed are the winners in the human downf...Pride and greed are the winners in the human downfall. It is in humility and generosity, using our blessed gifts for others, that the kingdom of God draws near. We do need to use our gifts and not hide them, Mary; we need to extend them, Lynne; we need to pray that He will use us to be the light and love for others whom we meet on this journey and to forgive us when we miss these opportunities.Martha Jane Orlandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11620499267401065780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926245050623680380.post-32695371173857522162011-06-28T21:18:39.196-04:002011-06-28T21:18:39.196-04:00All the questions and traps the teachers of the la...All the questions and traps the teachers of the law and the priests try to trip up Jesus with, but he knew how to answer/ or not answer. Do we try to ask too many questions, to figure out crazy details in the laws and rules? Do we take the gift God has given us and hide it so we can give it back without using it? Or do we take what God gave us and use it for His work without asking questions and trying to figure out how and why?Marynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926245050623680380.post-6945396856717586672011-06-28T11:48:28.218-04:002011-06-28T11:48:28.218-04:00I love the story of Zacchaeus because Jesus loves ...I love the story of Zacchaeus because Jesus loves short people... okay, he loves tall people too but is there a story about that in the Bible? I think much of the reading today emphasizes that Jesus notices people who step out of the normal and extend themselves for God. There is reward (not necessarily material) for those who use their God-given talents for His glory.Lynne Wattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02788918458763274157noreply@blogger.com