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Remember Lot’s wife. 
Even those not well acquainted with the Bible recognize — Remember Lot’s wife. 

The account of Lot’s Wife can be found in Genesis 19.  I don’t think it was a simple glance back that caught Lot’s wife in the falling sulphur.  I think it was the longing in her soul to go back, to go back to the life she loved, her life in Sodom.  And as she stood there, frozen, unwilling to move forward, unwilling to leave what was, death took her.  She lost her life trying to save it. 

Get the picture? 

Until we gather here again, Holy hugs, Kathie עֶבֶד

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Day 10 – The Kitchen

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Day 10

Luke 10  BSB

Luke 10 opens with YESHUA appointing and sending out 72 others to proclaim the Kingdom and to heal the sick.
He told them He was sending them out as lambs among wolves. And they went!

Verse 16.
Don’t miss it.
And while you are not missing verse 16, don’t miss verse 20.
In Verse 21 JESUS just breaks out in praise!  I hope you are reading the Text. Please don’t miss it.

Moving on in the text YESHUA is confronted by a Law Expert.
Be careful when you meet such folk.
Do what JESUS did.
Listen carefully and respond with questions.

Notice please, that particular Law Expert answered correctly with his mouth but his heart was far from GOD.

Martha and Mary.
What do we learn from them?
What do we learn of JESUS in this encounter?
One thing (among others) we get the Truth from JESUS.
His love for us does not cause Him to mince words. We can trust Him for the truth.

41“Martha, Martha,” the Lord replied, “you are worried and upset about many things. 42 But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”  

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Let me paraphrase verses 41 and 42 in a gentle, most loving tone, Martha, Martha, I am not going to tell Mary to join you in the kitchen right now but my dear Martha, you, may join her and ME here. Come, sit with us. 

I think just one more verse before I leave this post.  Martha. Did you notice what she said in verse 40?
40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations to be made. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her to help me!”

One. She must have assumed if JESUS told Mary to get up and head to the kitchen that she would; she must have seen some obedience in Mary. I like that.
Two. I see Martha doing what I have done too many times — trying to “twist JESUS’ arm to do what we want Him to do”.  It doesn’t work!

“Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her to help me!”

It’s an old tactic. It started in the Garden. Check it out in Genesis 3 BSB.

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Until next time, holy hugs, Kathie

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Silly Me!

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I expected my relief to last longer than 30 minutes! But here I am, cautious and concerned and warned: don’t celebrate too long, don’t celebrate with arrogance. Be kind. Be generous. And get to work LIVING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST.

Proverbs 14:34 King James Version  34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.

We have a reprieve. Reprieves are for advancing, not retreating, and not squandering. What do we have a reprieve from?  That’s a good question. How do you see it? HOW DOES GOD SEE IT? ASK HIM AND RESPOND ACCORDINGLY. 

Are you wondering how to ask?

My suggestion is to start with your Bible.  Read it. Read it like it is the BEST book you have ever picked up.  Because it is! Read until it becomes alive to you, then do what it says, praying every page of the way. 

I trust that we have a reprieve from the advancement of certain evils. But there are plenty of demons to fight  – armor up! Ephesians 6:11-24 Don’t spend this reprieve playing!  That’s the message. Perhaps we can hear The LORD saying to us: he who has an ear, let him hear. (That he is he or she, you understand.)

Genesis (KJV) 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Mark 12: 30 and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”  Link

This is how we use this reprieve. Study JESUS. The JESUS revealed in Scripture. Read Him. Watch Him. Follow Him. Know Him and be known by Him. (Matthew 7:21-23) In this way, we will not waste this reprieve. Biblically obedient brothers and sisters, I need your prayers! By no stretch of the imagination have I arrived at full obedience but by His Grace, I am moving forward!

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