Writing Luke 9 (3/20/2023)
Good morning. The saying that ‘It is Monday’ isn’t a thing I normally say, but today is one of those days that my mind isn’t real clear and I work through it. For me this can be any day of the week. On to our chapter….
There is so much in these chapters, I think I am going to focus on the last verses of the chapter 57-62. Following Jesus.
These verses can be hard to understand. For Jesus to ask a man to leave his unburied father to follow Him. I wonder if we loose something in the translation. In my mind, I wonder if the man in saying, ‘let me bury my father’, meant his father was still alive at that time and after he finished caring for him then, he would follow Jesus. Then the other man, ‘Let me first say farewell to those at my home’, meant more like let me say good bye and make sure they have everything they need before I leave them.
I know I am adding to what is written but I think of so many who want to clean up their lives before following Jesus. Let me fix myself first.. In truth I need to let Jesus fix me. I cannot be fixed without Him. So if I follow Him, all things will be taken care of. Putting Him first above all is the most important.
So whether I think there is more to these verses or not this idea is still the same. We are commanded to put Him first. Follow Jesus before anything on this earth. This is so hard to understand and do. I work at it daily.
Let me put Him first and not look back!!
(a side note, I was so messy in my writing today. I missed part of a verse and completely skipped some pages in my notebook. I added my silly note in the pics. Maybe it made you smile as much as me)
Hope everyone is having a wonderful day!!
