Sip #1 – Read Chapter 8 of Mark in the HCSB translation as Round 5 rolls on
Sip #2 – Read my big takeaway from the day
Sip #3 – Add comments/thoughts/questions in the Comments Box (bottom of page). NOT REQUIRED
Sip #4 – Re-read any parts of Chapter 8 that impacted you
Sip #5 – Come back tomorrow as we move to Mark, Chapter 9
Happy Monday! Let the new work week begin with a GREAT cup of joe! AND, let me be the first to wish you a Happy National Limerick Day! Yes, every May 12th, we remember the birthday of English artist, illustrator, author, and poet Edward Lear (May 12, 1812 – Jan. 29, 1888). He is known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry, prose, and limericks.
Limerick poems were popularized by Edward Lear’s book “Book of Nonsense” in 1846. A limerick is a very short, humorous, nonsense poem. Within a limerick, there are five lines. The first two lines rhyme with the fifth line and the third and fourth line rhyme together.
In honor of the day, and for those who are still a little fuzzy on what exactly a limerick is, I found one that I’m certain you’ll enjoy (and before you ask, no I do not have false teeth 🙂 )…
An elderly man called Keith
Mislaid his set of false teeth—
They’d been laid on a chair,
He’d forgot they were there,
Sat down, and was bitten beneath.
#NationalLimerickDay
On that note, let’s take a journey through Mark, Chapter 8, and take a good deep look at verses 16-21…
“They were discussing among themselves that they did not have any bread. Aware of this, He said to them, ‘Why are you discussing that you do not have any bread? Don’t you understand or comprehend? Is your heart hardened? Do you have eyes, and not see, and do you have ears, and not hear? And do you not remember? When I broke the five loaves for the 5,000, how many baskets full of pieces of bread did you collect?’
‘Twelve,’ they told Him.
‘When I broke the seven loaves for the 4,000, how many large baskets full of pieces of bread did you collect?’
‘Seven,’ they said.
And He said to them, ‘Don’t you understand yet?’”
OK, so this is, as usual, an interesting exchange. Jesus was speaking of the…
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It’s all about relationship with Jesus. He never intended it to be about checking off the boxes. Jesus doesn’t want “yes men”, he wants people who are open, engaged, willing to dig in and learn what he wants us to know. By doing so, we can be equipped with the good gifts he has for us and can share them with others he places in our path.
Growth and change can often be difficult, but when we allow Jesus in, it’s so worth it!
KERP GROWING WITH JESUS!