So I said I'd do 2 tonight and 2 I shall even if they both go up uber late and within minutes of each other! I've been to see Burke and Hare tonight. It was pretty rubbish to be honest. I wasn't sure how they'd make a comedy out of serial killers and it turns out the answer was to do an unfunny and completely different story which happened to be set in Scotland... Honestly, don't bother unless you're in love with one of the cast. Onto business then,
Today’s readings
Leviticus 7:11-8:36
Mark 11:1-25
Psalms 28:1-9
Ok so I've little to offer from the Leviticus reading today. It's all a bit gory really and the only thing I'm getting is how happy I am that I don't have to do anything like that to approach God and how I should probably thank Him more regularly that being a butcher is no longer a necessary part of getting into the right frame of mind to speak with Him. There's also I guess a historical realisation here and an appreciation of the lengths that God had to go to in order to make His people unite and get used to relying on Him. God will ultimately come to us on terms we can comprehend.
Into the New Testament we swiftly go and we have a case of Biblical Grand Theft Auto here... Jesus tells the disciples to go and donkey-jack a colt so He can ride on it but when the disciples are challenged and respond with the words of Jesus, the people who have seen them just let them go. The words of Jesus and the truth of His message has HUGE power and we need to remember that. And we see this followed up with the miracle of the fig tree and Jesus' actions in the Temple. He speaks and things happen. When we pray the Lord's prayer and say in the name of the Father, Son and Holy spirit, I wonder how many of us think about the power that those carry. The Bible we're reading is a human interpretation of God's message yes and it is open to human error at times but it is also the Word of God as we understand it and the power that word has is immense. Time and again we see the power of Jesus' simple truth and wisdom. Who are we to doubt the results that come from it? Trust in the promises that the Bible gives us because it's proven to be more than just a book.
Finally we have a new Psalm and the psalmist is once again complaining about how evil people seem to prosper. I find it interesting that this is still one of the big problems and the Bible does have a solution. Trust in God and work for Him. God can break down injustice through our actions. All of us for all of Him. It's right there written down and we've seen today how powerful God's words are.
And that's your lot for this one. I'm going to immediately start the next so feel free to time how long the average blog takes to make! Yesterday's last song is here. Questions, criticisms and comments welcome as always,
Jon
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