Today's Reading: John 20 & 21
I hope that you all had a wonderfully blessed Easter! I enjoyed spending my day with my beautiful family, realizing once again just how blessed I truly am!
I woke this morning thinking about what it would have been like to have been there when Jesus rose from the dead. What a day! I can only imagine the excitement of his disciples, his family, and his friends upon not only hearing the news, but seeing the resurrected King face to face. What a roller coaster of emotions these people have experienced over the past 3 days. I thought about how their hearts must have ached during Jesus’ trial and eventual death upon the cross, how terribly sad everyone must have been. I thought about them comforting each other and wondering what to do now. Then it happened---their Savior was alive---truly alive and well! He had accomplished what he was sent for, he had made the way for us all!
Thinking about all this, I decided to skip ahead a bit with my scripture reading by reading chapters 20 and 21 in the book of John. What a joyous time for Jesus’ followers! Don’t you know that all of these people where just bursting with an excitement that they had never felt before. Jesus stayed with them for a while and continued to teach them about what they were to do. After reading this I could not help but think about this excitement all day today---shouldn’t we be this excited as well. Shouldn’t I wake up on Easter morning bursting with this same excitement because Jesus not only died on that cross, but he rose again, and he did this for me! Really when I think about it, shouldn’t we be this excited everyday? Jesus did all this so that you and I would have a way to Heaven. I just can’t put into words the excitement that I feel in my soul---no matter my circumstances here on earth, I have a way to Heaven and that is enough---that is all I need to know to survive this world!
One thing that really stood out to me while reading these chapters was when Jesus asked John do you love me 3 times. When John told him yes each time, Jesus responded by telling him to feed my sheep. In simpler terms (really my terms) I think Jesus is telling all of us if you love me, if you truly love me, tell others about me!
Today is 1 month since I started this blog and I cannot even begin to tell you how I have grown and even changed through this tool. It makes me so much more accountable to my Bible study. In fact, I have realized that in the past that my “Bible study” was really just scripture reading many times and not a study, but now I feel like I am really studying his word. I am really digging into it and discovering so much more than I ever have. God has opened my eyes, my mind, and my heart to a new light and I am so excited by it. The one thing that I want anyone to know that reads this or any other post is that you need to read the scripture that goes with each post. I love God with all my heart and I know from many of your responses that some of the posts have touched you, but I am only human and these are just my thoughts with the guidance of God leading me through his word. Nothing else can touch you and speak to you like the word of God, so while I love to write and I love to hear your responses, the most important thing is that you read his word and seek him and what he is trying to tell you.
With Much Love & Blessings in Jesus Name!
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