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Saturday, April 3, 2010

WORD FOR YOU TODAY

03 Apr 2010

Mourners' thoughts

... the women ... followed, and saw the tomb ... then they returned. Luke 23:55

What are we to make of yesterday? As we unpinned Him from that tree, wiped the spit from His mouth, mopped the dried blood caked on His forehead... As we cast off that crown of thorns and wrapped Him up in swaddling cloths, as if He was some poor innocent new born baby... What are we to make of it? I think of those soldiers gambling for His clothes; playing games at the foot of the cross, as if playing games with God Himself. The saying goes that 'cursed is a man hung upon a tree; accursed by God'. What then are we to make of His death? Was Jesus a curse for God? A curse for humankind, perhaps, after all it was humans that put Him there. And the tomb: cramped and confined, as small as a stable. We lay His precious head in a new tomb, as if we were tucking a child into a newly-made bed; as if we were burying death itself. It's stony silent today, as if the world is in mourning; as if somehow we'll never forget what happened yesterday; as if things will never be the same. We'll prepare the spices and head for the mouth of the tomb early tomorrow morning. But for now we'll wait. And Jesus will sleep. Sleep, Jesus, sleep, cold and alone, your passion spent behind an unmoveable stone.

Bible in a Year: Num 21:4-9; Matt 27:51-66; Ps 69:7- 21; Deut 21:22-23;

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Saturday, February 20, 2010

WORD FOR YOU TODAY 21 Feb 2010

21 Feb 2010

Don't let others hold you back

... they were deeply offended and refused to believe in him. Matthew 13:57

'How can God exist?' they ask. 'There is too much suffering in the world,' they continue. 'If He does exist, I don't want to know Him, because He must be cruel, sitting up there in the lap of luxury whilst people die through lack of food and water or from disease,' they conclude. So many people become offended by God, without even trying to get to know Him. Sometimes bad experiences - death, illness, abuse, bullying, pressure - can cause someone to believe that God couldn't possibly love them. Sometimes people believe the negative gossip there is about God and choose to believe He's not there, never searching for the truth. Sometimes a person can have a negative experience of Church and just like the people in Jesus' town they refuse to believe in him. What about you? Do you ever doubt the existence of God? Are you easily persuaded by the opinions of your friends or family, instead of getting to know the greatest friend of all, Jesus? Be encouraged today. God doesn't stop existing when people decide He's not real! He doesn't panic when you struggle to believe in Him some days. 'Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus' (Philippians 4:6 NLT).

Bible in a Year: 1 Sam 3:1-11; Act 9:1-9;