"...ask, and it will be given to you, seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be open to you...suppose one of your fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he? Or if he is asked for an egg, h will not give him a scorpion, will he? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?" v.9-13
Worry, my middle name is worry; actually it is my first name. I tossed and turned in the early morning today as well as yesterday and the day before. I worry about the pickle I got myself into; I worry about things that might happen, I worry about how much I am worrying. Aaugh!! Worry, fret and fear are not from God. My mornings before I read the Bible or start my blog, is to present my anxiousness to Jesus in prayer, try to be quiet and listen for the Holy Spirit - the Holy Spirit that He has given me so I wouldn't worry, fret and fear.
Also in this chapter, Jesus talks about Jonah and the 'whale'. He mentions Jonah when speaking to the crowds; Jonah's emergence from the fish's belly pictured Christ's resurrection. Jesus clearly regarded Jonah's account as historically accurate. - thought that was interesting.
I found this verse to be particularly poetic: "Woe to you! (speaking to the pharisees) For you are like concealed tombs, and the people who walk over them are unaware of it." v. 44 Wow, I'll have to remember that and use that in my writings someday. How true a picture of a con-artist! The video below...LOL...btw, the pup looks just like our Dusty!
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