One of the things I thought I might do from time to time here is share whatever random - or not so random - thoughts may be running through my head about Bible verses that have stuck out.
2 Things have been running through my head recently. Psalm 73, along with many of the Psalms, is a bit moany in places, but comes to a beuiful conclusion in verse 25
"Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you."
I get decidedly fed up with one person on a regular basis that constantly lets me down... Unfortunately it's me. This isn't a sympathy gathering exercise or alse modesty thing - I have an incredible capacity for idiocy usually resulting from laziness or congenital disorganisation.
This reminds me that despite all of my failures and all the nonsense that all too often distracts me I have some things in life that will not or can not change. Even if I lost everything I own & everyone I love I cannot lose God or Him me. He's all I really have in life. I may be distracted by other stuff & nonsense but there isn't anything I desire besides Him.
I've also been considering the Good Samaritan as in Lukes Gospel (chapter 10). But not so much the parable itself, more the interaction between Jesus & the lawyer who provokes the telling of the parable. I have this grand idea that one day I'll write a book studying the interactions Jesus had with people - both followers and those who rejected him.
This guy tries to catch Jesus out with a testing question. When Jesus gives what appears to be a text-book answer "Love the Lord your God... and your neighbour as yourself" (v27) he asks "Who is my neighbour?"
Jesus then tells the now infamous story. At the end he still doesn't answer his original question. He turns the question on its head from who my neighbour is - to how you should be the neighbour that loves.
I wonder how often we don't get our questions answered satisfactorily because we ask the wrong thing?
2 comments:
Hi, hope you dont mind, just been reading through ur blog (backwards) and I have really found your writing to be helpful in my journey with God.
Some of the stuff you write really helps answer some of the questions I have and affirm some of the ideas that pop into my head.
If you ever get to write that book, I'd love to read it.
God Bless
Thanks for your encouragement & feedback. Don't know if I'll ever get the book written - but spending the year study "The Gospels" only to find it taking much longer than expected - so much stuff to take in.
May be able to base any book on my 'journal'. only just on Matthew 25 since January 1st!
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