My life this week has been consumed with events, activities, and practices to the point where I really haven't had any room for free time... because by the time I finish with homework or scholarship applications at night, my eyelids are getting heavy and it's time to pray and go to bed.
Last night I got done with all of my work and realized that I wasn't ready to fall asleep yet.
I was thinking about turning on my Xbox 360 and continuing with my playthrough of Assassin's Creed II, but I didn't want to do that or I would end up staying awake for too long. I looked around for a book so I could do some light reading, and my eyes fell upon the Bible. I admittedly have not made it a priority in recent months to sit down and read chapters and verses from it, but I figured that I could check something out in my spare time.
I played eenie-meenie-miny-mo between the four gospels, and I ended up with Mark. So I read the first chapter of Mark.
It's kind of amazing how much I got out of 45 verses that I initially was just casually reading. In those 45 verses, I established that Jesus became so popular from his healing ability that he literally had to move to a secluded place so that the crowds wouldn't overwhelm him. I already knew of stories like Lazarus and Jesus calming the storms, but these verses go over several things - Jesus casting away dark spirits and demons, curing a fever, ridding of leprosy, etc.
Mark 1:27 - "Amazement gripped the audience, and they began to discuss what had happened. 'What new sort of teaching is this?' they asked excitedly. 'It has such authority! Even evil spirits obey his orders!'"
If I were an evil spirit and I saw Jesus, I would probably be high tailing it out of there too...
No comments:
Post a Comment