What is there to write about when I spent
the entire morning (after water exercise) working on sermons and the Bible
Study for Home Group, and the better part of the afternoon fighting exhaustion
in front of the Astros game on TV? It
had to be exhaustion. Why else would I
fall asleep during an Astros game? I did
wake up in time to see them win the game.
Saw the two big home runs as well.
Go Astros.
Home Group went well. Wes came with his guitar, so we had some live
music. He set a few of the Psalms to
music. Very pretty stuff. Our group was small, though. Anne and Cedric were out studying. Janell was not feeling well, but Corey and
Brennan came. Not sure where Bryan and
Jennifer were. The teaching was on
craving the pure spiritual milk of the Word of God. That called for something special to start it
off. First I asked what everyone’s
favorite food was. That ranged from
Chris’ Mexican to my fried shrimp to Betty’s favorite – chocolate. Then I asked if they were “try-ers or if they
shied away from new foods. Every one of
them insisted that try-er was an accurate description. Perfect.
I had them set up. So I pulled
out a box of the ever-infamous, Harry Potter classic, “Bertie Botts’ Every
Flavor Jelly Beans.” That’s the kind
with flavors like skunk spray and rotten egg and vomit. I didn’t tell them at first. Just let each person pick one and try
it. There were a few turned up noses,
but they all ate and swallowed. Then I let
them choose another one, and this time I told them the delectable flavor
possibilities. And this time they still
tasted, but with much greater care.
Corey admitted that his first one might have been grass clippings. Wes ran to the kitchen for a napkin to spit
his out. Not sure which one he had, but
he was up again to deal with the after-taste by grabbing a cookie.
All in all, a great intro to desiring the spiritual
food that is the Word of God. The discussion
was not bad, either. Best observation of
the night? It’s really hard to crave the
Word – to read the Bible - when you can’t understand what it is you are
reading. Answer? Ask for help.
Use a modern translation. Don’t try
to read too much at a time. Don’t try to
go deep into word studies and such; just spend time with Jesus and let the
words speak to you, personally.
Psalms
57:1-3 says, “Be merciful unto
me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the
shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast. I will cry unto God most high; unto God that
performeth all things for me. He shall
send from heaven, and save from the reproach of him that would swallow me up.
Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.” KJV
Father, thank you for keeping the Bible
around for so long. It sure is nice to
have access to what you have already said during those times when we just can’t
seem to make connections with you otherwise.
Amen.
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