Category Archives: KWT Paraphrasing

A Smothering Blanket

As I begin, I do not intend to be long, neither with words nor with the unpacking of the thought to be introduced. I hope you recall or will look it up, Matthew 24, the Disciples asked the LORD about His coming again. The first thing He instructed them was to not be deceived, and He continued with that word as He answered their question.

Now for my point.
Deception.
Deception is the first indicator that the End (or the Beginning, whichever way you see it) is at hand. Other happenings are mentioned as well, like wars, rumors of war, earthquakes, famines, etc., but we have had all those forever, all over the world.

I have believed for as long as I can remember that YESHUA is coming again, and I have been skeptical about when He would come back.
I am here to tell you I am more excited about His Return than I have ever been, more eager, and more inclined to say with other Folks that I now believe, we are close, very close.

Why? Deception.
Just 6 years ago, a smothering blanket of deception wrapped itself around the world.
For 2,000 years or more, we have had earthquakes, famines, wars, etc., at various times and places, but not globally, simultaneously, as is this deception.
Let me give a caveat right here: the global deception, even though it is global, some escaped and are continuing to escape—that’s Biblical, too.

Okay, I’ve already gone longer than I intended.
Here’s the bottom line: I am expecting YESHUA to return sooner than some of us have thought.
One final word: what do you need to do to prepare for His Return?

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Day 10 – The Kitchen

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

Under Siege

I haven’t done this in a while.
Today I am.
A KWT paraphrase. I hope it lights up your Spirit Man.
It has mine.

In a city under siege, it says.

img_3618-1America is under siege—it may not be visible to the natural eye, but a siege is upon us. Western North Carolina is under siege. Florida has siege barreling toward it—yes, we can say we are under siege. All of us are under siege of some nature and kind.

But hear this today.
Psalm 31, beginning with verse 21— He has shown me His loving devotion.

Okay. Here goes. KWT Paraphrase.

How has HE shown me His loving devotion? 
When I was under siege and I was alarmed and thinking the wrong way, by His Grace, even while under siege I called out to HIM. And He heard me. And He helped me.
And now I can say to you all.  
Love the LORD, all His saints.
He preserves the faithful. But oh the arrogant, He will fully repay you. (While I can,  I must plead with you, Please repent while you can.)
To those whose hope is in The LORD, He says, Be strong and courageous. 

While under siege we must think right.
We must not succumb to the voice that says: “I am cut off from Your sight!”
No! We will say: “The LORD preserves the faithful”.
And in CHRIST JESUS we have been made faithful and we have been given Father’s loving devotion to enable us to remain faithful even under siege.  Be strong and courageous.

Never stop praying for one another.
We all need prayer and we all need the practice.

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Until Next Time, Holy Hugs, Kathie