Psalm 91
a psalm to take comfort from.
"He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will abide in the shadow of the Almighty."
He will deliver. He will cover. No evil. He will command his angels to guard you.
JUST BECAUSE I KNOW HIS NAME. JUST BECAUSE I MADE HIM MY DWELLING PLACE.
LORD I AM SO THANKFUL.
But I'm also confused... evil and awful still come to those who love you. how do it all work. i don't understand. sometimes I don't want to try to understand. I want to trust You. You are my dwelling place. In this strange time of strange fear I will rest in you and know you hold it all in your hand. good or bad. I know that. but evil still might come. how come it says "no evil shall be allowed to befall you." I don't want that to be the important part. i want thankfulness to overflow from my heart. is that ok?
Monday, June 20, 2011
Mark 8:34-38
Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
deny themselves- how do I deny myself...? not what I want. not what I need. not what I desire. not what I think is best. not my plan.
take up their cross- to take something up you have to carry it. it probably isn't light. I don't think a cross would be easy to carry. kind of awkward. if I'm carrying a cross there is probably a lot I won't be able to do. what is my cross made of? what do I want it to be made of...?
follow me- seems like the easy one. there a billion ways to follow him. it's not easy. I deny Him and follow myself everyday. simply. follow Him.
Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
deny themselves- how do I deny myself...? not what I want. not what I need. not what I desire. not what I think is best. not my plan.
take up their cross- to take something up you have to carry it. it probably isn't light. I don't think a cross would be easy to carry. kind of awkward. if I'm carrying a cross there is probably a lot I won't be able to do. what is my cross made of? what do I want it to be made of...?
follow me- seems like the easy one. there a billion ways to follow him. it's not easy. I deny Him and follow myself everyday. simply. follow Him.
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