Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Leviticus 13; Leviticus 14; Acts 17

Leviticus 13; Leviticus 14; Acts 17 (New International Version)

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Leviticus 13

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Leviticus 13

Regulations About Infectious Skin Diseases
1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 2 "When anyone has a swelling or a rash or a bright spot on his skin that may become an infectious skin disease, [a] he must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons [b] who is a priest. 3 The priest is to examine the sore on his skin, and if the hair in the sore has turned white and the sore appears to be more than skin deep, [c] it is an infectious skin disease. When the priest examines him, he shall pronounce him ceremonially unclean. 4 If the spot on his skin is white but does not appear to be more than skin deep and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest is to put the infected person in isolation for seven days. 5 On the seventh day the priest is to examine him, and if he sees that the sore is unchanged and has not spread in the skin, he is to keep him in isolation another seven days. 6 On the seventh day the priest is to examine him again, and if the sore has faded and has not spread in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is only a rash. The man must wash his clothes, and he will be clean. 7 But if the rash does spread in his skin after he has shown himself to the priest to be pronounced clean, he must appear before the priest again. 8 The priest is to examine him, and if the rash has spread in the skin, he shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infectious disease.

9 "When anyone has an infectious skin disease, he must be brought to the priest. 10 The priest is to examine him, and if there is a white swelling in the skin that has turned the hair white and if there is raw flesh in the swelling, 11 it is a chronic skin disease and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. He is not to put him in isolation, because he is already unclean.

12 "If the disease breaks out all over his skin and, so far as the priest can see, it covers all the skin of the infected person from head to foot, 13 the priest is to examine him, and if the disease has covered his whole body, he shall pronounce that person clean. Since it has all turned white, he is clean. 14 But whenever raw flesh appears on him, he will be unclean. 15 When the priest sees the raw flesh, he shall pronounce him unclean. The raw flesh is unclean; he has an infectious disease. 16 Should the raw flesh change and turn white, he must go to the priest. 17 The priest is to examine him, and if the sores have turned white, the priest shall pronounce the infected person clean; then he will be clean.

18 "When someone has a boil on his skin and it heals, 19 and in the place where the boil was, a white swelling or reddish-white spot appears, he must present himself to the priest. 20 The priest is to examine it, and if it appears to be more than skin deep and the hair in it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is an infectious skin disease that has broken out where the boil was. 21 But if, when the priest examines it, there is no white hair in it and it is not more than skin deep and has faded, then the priest is to put him in isolation for seven days. 22 If it is spreading in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is infectious. 23 But if the spot is unchanged and has not spread, it is only a scar from the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

24 "When someone has a burn on his skin and a reddish-white or white spot appears in the raw flesh of the burn, 25 the priest is to examine the spot, and if the hair in it has turned white, and it appears to be more than skin deep, it is an infectious disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infectious skin disease. 26 But if the priest examines it and there is no white hair in the spot and if it is not more than skin deep and has faded, then the priest is to put him in isolation for seven days. 27 On the seventh day the priest is to examine him, and if it is spreading in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infectious skin disease. 28 If, however, the spot is unchanged and has not spread in the skin but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is only a scar from the burn.

29 "If a man or woman has a sore on the head or on the chin, 30 the priest is to examine the sore, and if it appears to be more than skin deep and the hair in it is yellow and thin, the priest shall pronounce that person unclean; it is an itch, an infectious disease of the head or chin. 31 But if, when the priest examines this kind of sore, it does not seem to be more than skin deep and there is no black hair in it, then the priest is to put the infected person in isolation for seven days. 32 On the seventh day the priest is to examine the sore, and if the itch has not spread and there is no yellow hair in it and it does not appear to be more than skin deep, 33 he must be shaved except for the diseased area, and the priest is to keep him in isolation another seven days. 34 On the seventh day the priest is to examine the itch, and if it has not spread in the skin and appears to be no more than skin deep, the priest shall pronounce him clean. He must wash his clothes, and he will be clean. 35 But if the itch does spread in the skin after he is pronounced clean, 36 the priest is to examine him, and if the itch has spread in the skin, the priest does not need to look for yellow hair; the person is unclean. 37 If, however, in his judgment it is unchanged and black hair has grown in it, the itch is healed. He is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

38 "When a man or woman has white spots on the skin, 39 the priest is to examine them, and if the spots are dull white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin; that person is clean.

40 "When a man has lost his hair and is bald, he is clean. 41 If he has lost his hair from the front of his scalp and has a bald forehead, he is clean. 42 But if he has a reddish-white sore on his bald head or forehead, it is an infectious disease breaking out on his head or forehead. 43 The priest is to examine him, and if the swollen sore on his head or forehead is reddish-white like an infectious skin disease, 44 the man is diseased and is unclean. The priest shall pronounce him unclean because of the sore on his head.

45 "The person with such an infectious disease must wear torn clothes, let his hair be unkempt, [d] cover the lower part of his face and cry out, 'Unclean! Unclean!' 46 As long as he has the infection he remains unclean. He must live alone; he must live outside the camp.

Regulations About Mildew
47 "If any clothing is contaminated with mildew—any woolen or linen clothing, 48 any woven or knitted material of linen or wool, any leather or anything made of leather- 49 and if the contamination in the clothing, or leather, or woven or knitted material, or any leather article, is greenish or reddish, it is a spreading mildew and must be shown to the priest. 50 The priest is to examine the mildew and isolate the affected article for seven days. 51 On the seventh day he is to examine it, and if the mildew has spread in the clothing, or the woven or knitted material, or the leather, whatever its use, it is a destructive mildew; the article is unclean. 52 He must burn up the clothing, or the woven or knitted material of wool or linen, or any leather article that has the contamination in it, because the mildew is destructive; the article must be burned up.

53 "But if, when the priest examines it, the mildew has not spread in the clothing, or the woven or knitted material, or the leather article, 54 he shall order that the contaminated article be washed. Then he is to isolate it for another seven days. 55 After the affected article has been washed, the priest is to examine it, and if the mildew has not changed its appearance, even though it has not spread, it is unclean. Burn it with fire, whether the mildew has affected one side or the other. 56 If, when the priest examines it, the mildew has faded after the article has been washed, he is to tear the contaminated part out of the clothing, or the leather, or the woven or knitted material. 57 But if it reappears in the clothing, or in the woven or knitted material, or in the leather article, it is spreading, and whatever has the mildew must be burned with fire. 58 The clothing, or the woven or knitted material, or any leather article that has been washed and is rid of the mildew, must be washed again, and it will be clean."

59 These are the regulations concerning contamination by mildew in woolen or linen clothing, woven or knitted material, or any leather article, for pronouncing them clean or unclean.

Footnotes:

  1. Leviticus 13:2 Traditionally leprosy ; the Hebrew word was used for various diseases affecting the skin-not necessarily leprosy; also elsewhere in this chapter.
  2. Leviticus 13:2 Or descendants
  3. Leviticus 13:3 Or be lower than the rest of the skin ; also elsewhere in this chapter
  4. Leviticus 13:45 Or clothes, uncover his head


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Leviticus 14

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Leviticus 14

Cleansing From Infectious Skin Diseases
1 The LORD said to Moses, 2 "These are the regulations for the diseased person at the time of his ceremonial cleansing, when he is brought to the priest: 3 The priest is to go outside the camp and examine him. If the person has been healed of his infectious skin disease, [a] 4 the priest shall order that two live clean birds and some cedar wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed. 5 Then the priest shall order that one of the birds be killed over fresh water in a clay pot. 6 He is then to take the live bird and dip it, together with the cedar wood, the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, into the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water. 7 Seven times he shall sprinkle the one to be cleansed of the infectious disease and pronounce him clean. Then he is to release the live bird in the open fields.

8 "The person to be cleansed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair and bathe with water; then he will be ceremonially clean. After this he may come into the camp, but he must stay outside his tent for seven days. 9 On the seventh day he must shave off all his hair; he must shave his head, his beard, his eyebrows and the rest of his hair. He must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and he will be clean.

10 "On the eighth day he must bring two male lambs and one ewe lamb a year old, each without defect, along with three-tenths of an ephah [b] of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and one log [c] of oil. 11 The priest who pronounces him clean shall present both the one to be cleansed and his offerings before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

12 "Then the priest is to take one of the male lambs and offer it as a guilt offering, along with the log of oil; he shall wave them before the LORD as a wave offering. 13 He is to slaughter the lamb in the holy place where the sin offering and the burnt offering are slaughtered. Like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; it is most holy. 14 The priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. 15 The priest shall then take some of the log of oil, pour it in the palm of his own left hand, 16 dip his right forefinger into the oil in his palm, and with his finger sprinkle some of it before the LORD seven times. 17 The priest is to put some of the oil remaining in his palm on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot, on top of the blood of the guilt offering. 18 The rest of the oil in his palm the priest shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed and make atonement for him before the LORD.

19 "Then the priest is to sacrifice the sin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from his uncleanness. After that, the priest shall slaughter the burnt offering 20 and offer it on the altar, together with the grain offering, and make atonement for him, and he will be clean.

21 "If, however, he is poor and cannot afford these, he must take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for him, together with a tenth of an ephah [d] of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, a log of oil, 22 and two doves or two young pigeons, which he can afford, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.

23 "On the eighth day he must bring them for his cleansing to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, before the LORD. 24 The priest is to take the lamb for the guilt offering, together with the log of oil, and wave them before the LORD as a wave offering. 25 He shall slaughter the lamb for the guilt offering and take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. 26 The priest is to pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand, 27 and with his right forefinger sprinkle some of the oil from his palm seven times before the LORD. 28 Some of the oil in his palm he is to put on the same places he put the blood of the guilt offering—on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. 29 The rest of the oil in his palm the priest shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD. 30 Then he shall sacrifice the doves or the young pigeons, which the person can afford, 31 one [e] as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, together with the grain offering. In this way the priest will make atonement before the LORD on behalf of the one to be cleansed."

32 These are the regulations for anyone who has an infectious skin disease and who cannot afford the regular offerings for his cleansing.

Cleansing From Mildew
33 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 34 "When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as your possession, and I put a spreading mildew in a house in that land, 35 the owner of the house must go and tell the priest, 'I have seen something that looks like mildew in my house.' 36 The priest is to order the house to be emptied before he goes in to examine the mildew, so that nothing in the house will be pronounced unclean. After this the priest is to go in and inspect the house. 37 He is to examine the mildew on the walls, and if it has greenish or reddish depressions that appear to be deeper than the surface of the wall, 38 the priest shall go out the doorway of the house and close it up for seven days. 39 On the seventh day the priest shall return to inspect the house. If the mildew has spread on the walls, 40 he is to order that the contaminated stones be torn out and thrown into an unclean place outside the town. 41 He must have all the inside walls of the house scraped and the material that is scraped off dumped into an unclean place outside the town. 42 Then they are to take other stones to replace these and take new clay and plaster the house.

43 "If the mildew reappears in the house after the stones have been torn out and the house scraped and plastered, 44 the priest is to go and examine it and, if the mildew has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew; the house is unclean. 45 It must be torn down—its stones, timbers and all the plaster—and taken out of the town to an unclean place.

46 "Anyone who goes into the house while it is closed up will be unclean till evening. 47 Anyone who sleeps or eats in the house must wash his clothes.

48 "But if the priest comes to examine it and the mildew has not spread after the house has been plastered, he shall pronounce the house clean, because the mildew is gone. 49 To purify the house he is to take two birds and some cedar wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop. 50 He shall kill one of the birds over fresh water in a clay pot. 51 Then he is to take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet yarn and the live bird, dip them into the blood of the dead bird and the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times. 52 He shall purify the house with the bird's blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop and the scarlet yarn. 53 Then he is to release the live bird in the open fields outside the town. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean."

54 These are the regulations for any infectious skin disease, for an itch, 55 for mildew in clothing or in a house, 56 and for a swelling, a rash or a bright spot, 57 to determine when something is clean or unclean.
These are the regulations for infectious skin diseases and mildew.

Footnotes:

  1. Leviticus 14:3 Traditionally leprosy ; the Hebrew word was used for various diseases affecting the skin-not necessarily leprosy; also elsewhere in this chapter.
  2. Leviticus 14:10 That is, probably about 6 quarts (about 6.5 liters)
  3. Leviticus 14:10 That is, probably about 2/3 pint (about 0.3 liter also in verses 12, 15, 21 and 24
  4. Leviticus 14:21 That is, probably about 2 quarts (about 2 liters)
  5. Leviticus 14:31 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew 31 such as the person can afford, one


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Acts 17

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Acts 17

In Thessalonica
1When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. 2As his custom was, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 3explaining and proving that the Christ[a] had to suffer and rise from the dead. "This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ,[b]" he said. 4Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and not a few prominent women.

5But the Jews were jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city. They rushed to Jason's house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd.[c] 6But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting: "These men who have caused trouble all over the world have now come here, 7and Jason has welcomed them into his house. They are all defying Caesar's decrees, saying that there is another king, one called Jesus." 8When they heard this, the crowd and the city officials were thrown into turmoil. 9Then they made Jason and the others post bond and let them go.

In Berea
10As soon as it was night, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. 11Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. 12Many of the Jews believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.

13When the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Berea, they went there too, agitating the crowds and stirring them up. 14The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed at Berea. 15The men who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then left with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.

In Athens
16While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols. 17So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there. 18A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to dispute with him. Some of them asked, "What is this babbler trying to say?" Others remarked, "He seems to be advocating foreign gods." They said this because Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection. 19Then they took him and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus, where they said to him, "May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? 20You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we want to know what they mean." 21(All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.)

22Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: "Men of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. 23For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Now what you worship as something unknown I am going to proclaim to you.

24"The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands. 25And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else. 26From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. 27God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. 28'For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.'

29"Therefore since we are God's offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by man's design and skill. 30In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. 31For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead."

32When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, "We want to hear you again on this subject." 33At that, Paul left the Council. 34A few men became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others.

Footnotes:

  1. Acts 17:3 Or Messiah
  2. Acts 17:3 Or Messiah
  3. Acts 17:5 Or the assembly of the people


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SOAP
LEVITICUS
OBSERVATIONS:
Leviticus 13:28- Hmm, the first mention of "woman" in this passage. See the verses before it? It just says "man".
Leviticus 13:40- Haha, now the Word talks about the bald. Haha. Daddeo, you're deem clean in this passage! =)
Lev 13:47 -Mildew?? We've had this problem here. Interesting these passages.

They seemed to be particularly particular with the ceremonially clean and unclean. The priests also seem like they had other roles as Priests. Were they Doctors and Real-Estate inspectors? Sure seems like it. Quite a resume, those Priests.

And the skin diseases. I'm assuming that's leprosy. That's what BibleGateway.com seems to have at the footnotes. After trying to search "1445BC and leprosy and treatment" I came up with nothing. What I do gather is that this is contagious and the isolation from one's "tent" and others would probably be the best for everyone since there were no hospital rooms with isolation precautions and stuff.

APPLICATION
There is a life that is taken and blood shed to make the unclean clean. The death of the bird and the release of the live one confirms that blood must be shed in order to make the unclean clean. It relates and reminds me of Jesus' sacrifical death on the cross for those of us who are walking around with a humongous wound that's oozing all kinds of yucky fluids because we haven't kept our hurts and wounds clean.

My pastor spoke of this this weekend past. He said that he's hurting from loosing his first-born son, whom he was ultra close to, as all 4 of their family members are. He said it and explained it very well that if we are hurting inside, we are to take care of that wound and keep it clean like you would a physical wound on your body. You don't let anything near it that would cause it to get worse and eat at your body. The infectious bad stuff includes the following:
a. Ongoing denial.
Pastor Ron gave a great analogy of how he was alone, walking to his car after a meeting and he was telling himself that he has two sons instead of the reality that he has only one living. He said that it felt good to deny the fact that one of his sons is gone. He said this is unhealthy grieving and could make the wound worse.
b. Thoughts of voilence toward self or others.
Here he basically said that he can't dwell on the punishment of the murders of his son. It's not healthy for him to expose his wound to these types of thoughts.
c. Severe depression.
Here he said that he wasn't talking about sadness. Severe depression is, he says, one who doesn't eat, doesn't sleep and doesn't care about anything. He/our church and I encourage those, who are on depression medication, to take it. Not to be ashamed and to take care of the body that the Lord has given. We are reminded of our friend Dave Peter's who's son skipped his medication and took his own life. For that reason, we encourage and don't judge those who take medication for depression.
d. Unrelenting anger.
I think that speaks for itself.
e. Vengeance fantansies.
This too.
f. Feeling bitterness towards those you feel "let you down"
And he closed this section of the notes saying:
6. A poisoned wound will infect other relationships. We can't afford to turn one loss into two.

This passage in Leviticus confirms the message that I heard on Sunday. I love that my Lord is consistent in his Word and communication to me. Currently I have no open wounds on my body, physically but I tend to pick at my old wounds only for it to bleed again and get all over my husband and children. It's not about me, its about my opportunity to know God. In these times that I pick at my wound and in these times that wounds are created, are times when I call out to the Great Physician to heal my wound(s).

PRAYER:
Lord, help me to stop picking at old wounds. You know I'm good at that and you know how it ruins my appearance and the blood and puss gets all over my sweet hubby and kids. I want to always remember that you're the Great Physician and I'm the mommy doctor to my little family and my little family only. Well, perhaps a consultant for others too, after I've healed.

ACTS SOAP
OBSERVATION
Again, I'm currently breaking down the book of Acts in CBS, so my OAP is a mesh of what I've learned so far in that book and Deb and Sharon's amazing lectures.

It seems as though Paul and his friends are faithfully serving the Lord and they get hit, each time, with physical and verbal opposition. Isn't it a closed door when that happens?

APPLICATION
I like what our book had to say on this. Eileen Guder-Triplett writes,

APPLY what you have learned. Consider the emotions Paul may have had in Thessalonica, Berea, and Athens: fear, anger, joy, peace, loneliness, anxiety, inadequacy, depression, and many more. Despite the emotions, and sometimes alone, Paul went on in faithfulness to God. What emotions cause you to make spiritual detours? What is their source or reason? With Paul as an example, what can you do now to move through the emotions that threaten to stop you from seeking and serving God? (11)

Ouch. I had the privilege to share the devotional at CBS last week. That is when we wrapped up Acts 17. Trying to avoid my emotional side to cry, I wrote this. I hope someone finds a blessing in it even though its a bit dry:

I just turned 63 yesterday. Don’t I look great? Haha. In reflection of the past 30 years I’ve learned quite a bit. Bought real estate, graduated from college twice, met the love of my life, was entrusted to my three lovely, intellectual beauties I call children, and more that I can’t think of right now. One thing I’m most proud of is that I actually know my life’s purpose and that is to know God more and more. The best thing about this is that I just learned how to do it recently. My latest mood is that of poor self worth. I feel like I should be doing more for the kingdom, using my many talents and abilities to paint the world Jesus so to speak.

Doesn’t Ephesians 2:10 say 10For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do? Am I being lazy or complacent? Our commentary is encouraging when it says otherwise:

Regarding Acts 17:22-29:
"THINK ABOUT Paul's challenge to those first-century Athenians as a statement to us as well: God gave us life for the specific purpose of an opportunity
to know Him. The reason for our existence is not to engage in intellectual puruits, not to beautify the world by using our artistic talent, not to gratify our own sensual desires. Are you searching for God? Are you seeking to know Him better?"

I can’t tell you what a relief that is. I’m an island girl by blood, but also love the serene, bird chirping, humid, tropical rainforest type, quiet peace that the slow island life represents. When I’m quiet, and even listening to my instrumental guitar, island music, I can hear the Lord clearly and feel very intimate with him and marvel at the little, cheap thrills (as I call them) in life.

Since learning how to journal by SOAP (read Scripture, write my Observation, write an Application and Pray), I revived my journaling. Everything, including my faith, is not about me but about God. To seek after God and take the opportunity to know him. In a book I saw online by a wonderful Christian author, it says, “we can be miserably dissatisfied if we accept Christ’s salvation yet reject the fullness of daily relationship that satisfies. Like Paul, I'm encouraged to take every opportunity to know Him: when I'm 10 minutes late to CBS, when slander is spoken to me as well as when I hear my kids sing the song "How Great is our God" in perfect harmony. Also when my hubbie holds my face and tells me how much he loves me, each moment of my life is an opportunity to know Him. I have renewed peace and comfort in my new found purpose in life.


PRAYER
Lord, its my fervent prayer that I open my eyes to actually see you that I could hear your voice, KNOW it and OBEY it. Thank you for you. In the name of Jesus I pray, Amen.

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