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Finally feeling better! Was able to unpause the "rings" on my phone for the first time in five days-- by far the longest period I've gone in two years without being able to exercise.
My chiropractors are super excited that I'm hardcore into studying scripture-- I was in today and one of them asked me how the studying was going. I've finished the Gospels-- took a ton of notes-- and have moved on to Acts, which I'm really enjoying so far. In just a little bit dinner will be done, wife's dad is making ham, with brussels sprouts from the garden. Looking forward to that.
Hoping Space's sister can get caught up to us in "Twin Peaks" so the three of us can watch the third episode. I just need to get her through the first two-- which is a bit of a struggle with her work schedule, she's been putting in a ton of hours at Culver's, and loving it I might add. And that first pilot episode is a doozie, it's like a full-length movie.
They are looking for an altar server for a wedding this time, not this Saturday but the one after. I'm going to pray about it tonight-- Lord, is this more deacon prep? But on the flip side, I'd imagine for the big day, wouldn't someone want a kid to be the server, and not a grown adult? I'm sort of waiting to see if anyone else steps up, just for that reason.
Jesus had many incredible parables, but one of my favorites is this one-- this particular account of it is from Matthew 21:33-44:
Of course, this gave the Pharisees and the scribes major pause-- followed by anger: "Wait a minute... he's talking about us, isn't he..." But it's a cautionary tale to not just them, but all of us! If we are not going to be good stewards of God's graces, then He will find someone who will be.
I noticed that very early in Acts when I was reading it yesterday, Peter reminded everyone who was listening that Jesus is the rejected stone, which became the cornerstone.
My chiropractors are super excited that I'm hardcore into studying scripture-- I was in today and one of them asked me how the studying was going. I've finished the Gospels-- took a ton of notes-- and have moved on to Acts, which I'm really enjoying so far. In just a little bit dinner will be done, wife's dad is making ham, with brussels sprouts from the garden. Looking forward to that.
Hoping Space's sister can get caught up to us in "Twin Peaks" so the three of us can watch the third episode. I just need to get her through the first two-- which is a bit of a struggle with her work schedule, she's been putting in a ton of hours at Culver's, and loving it I might add. And that first pilot episode is a doozie, it's like a full-length movie.
They are looking for an altar server for a wedding this time, not this Saturday but the one after. I'm going to pray about it tonight-- Lord, is this more deacon prep? But on the flip side, I'd imagine for the big day, wouldn't someone want a kid to be the server, and not a grown adult? I'm sort of waiting to see if anyone else steps up, just for that reason.
Jesus had many incredible parables, but one of my favorites is this one-- this particular account of it is from Matthew 21:33-44:
"Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenants and went to another country. When the harvest time had come, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his produce. But the tenants seized his slaves and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. Again he sent other slaves, more than the first; and they treated them in the same way. Finally he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.' But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him and get his inheritance.' So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?" They said to him, "He will put those wretches to a miserable death, and lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the produce at the harvest time."
Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures:
'The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
this was the Lord's doing,
and it is amazing in our eyes'?
Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that produces the fruits of the kingdom. The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and it will crush anyone on whom it falls."
Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures:
'The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
this was the Lord's doing,
and it is amazing in our eyes'?
Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that produces the fruits of the kingdom. The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and it will crush anyone on whom it falls."
Of course, this gave the Pharisees and the scribes major pause-- followed by anger: "Wait a minute... he's talking about us, isn't he..." But it's a cautionary tale to not just them, but all of us! If we are not going to be good stewards of God's graces, then He will find someone who will be.
I noticed that very early in Acts when I was reading it yesterday, Peter reminded everyone who was listening that Jesus is the rejected stone, which became the cornerstone.