DEVOS

Sorry I ve been doing other devos before i leave :)! 

 I might turn this int o a blog about how Costa Rica is going ...undecided yet

Matthew 27

Matthew 27:51-53

"At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.  The earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open.  The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life.  They came out of the tombs after Jesus' resurrectiion and went into the holy city and appeared to many people"

In some Bibles it says "BEHOLD, the curtain yadda yadda yadda" 

Which means this part is like really important and show have our attention

This whole passage is just like wooh. It shows God's complete authority and the impact Jesus had on this world.  The city just didn't shake but even places they hadn't even discovered yet.  A giant earthquake the broke TOMBs.  Thats a pretty big earthquake and ps people rose from the dead. Thats a HUGE deal.  Another way God's power was displayed.  Enough so that later on we hear the centurion guarding Jesus say , "Surely this is the Son of God"

I love how it makes a big deal out of the temple curtain being torn in two. 

Back then the curtain kept the people separated from the area where God dwelled.  But this kind of shows (especially since it was ripped from the top down) that God is saying all right its time now.  I can now personally talk dwell in each and every one of you.  I love it.  Jesus made this possible for us. The Holy Spirit's job started.  I can't help but wonder what went through the minds of the peopel who saw this event take place.  Did they run in fear, did they fall to their knees, did they understand what was taking place? Did they even know about Jesus.  I am a visual person so i Just see God though in anguish of his Son, ripping the curtain across with a smile on his face knowing that now these people will be able to have him in their lives .

With the resurrections, I wonder who it was and how long they lived and what they were thinking.  Like, none of us know what it is like to be dead....and then alive again? Did they remember their time with God.  What did they say to the people? Omgosh there are so many questions taht can be asked here.  It would be so scary to see people you know were dead walking the town sharing Christ.  It woudl be hard to believe! I wonder how many people came to know Christ Specifically from this instance.  

Jesus was a big deal. 

 Is he a big deal in my life? 

Do I live like he is a big deal? 

What does living like that look like? 

God,

U R a big deal! Help me to see that and demonstrate that to others. May the passion I have for you just illuminate the dark world around me that others will see this light I have and desire to have the same.

 

Matthew 26

Matthew 26:11-12

"The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me.  When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial."

The pouring of perfume on Jesus showed the highest respect. This perfume was the price of about a year's wages. A lot to "waste" on one man.  She didn't care though.  She loved him so much she was willing to spill it all on him.

This verse is talking about how there are always opportunities to help the poor for they will always exist, but this opportunity to exalt Jesus Christ as King would not.  She was showing her upmost respect and love for thsi man, offering the most expensive of perfumes.

When he says she was doing it for burial, we dont' know if she knew or not whether this was truth.  My hunch is she knew that Jesus' time was running short.  She had seen the pharisees getting anxious and had listened to what Jesus had been saying and quite possibly understood what he had been saying much more than even the disciples had.  She was just getting her one last show of affection out to him.  That's why Jesus said before.  "this is a beautiful thing"  She was professing her love, her devotion, her committment.

How do I profess my committment

        -prayer

       -reading

       -plans for my life

        -choosing him

       -growing

WOuld I be willing to give up the most precious thing I have for Christ???

Have I listened intently enough that I would know that this was Jesus' final time here on earth??

Would I be that woman or the woman working in the kitchen??

God,

I pray i would be the woman that laid at your feet pouring the perfume. What devotion she had. All she wanted was to show how much she cared for you and was willing to give up her most precious possesion for you.  God I pray that I will be a woman like this sitting at your feet just craving to hear you talk and give you my all.  You deserve my 100% and nothing less. My life is yours.  

 

mary martha study

I worked on my mary martha study for devos tonight! I will continue manana con mi matthew study! :)!

Promise!!!

Matthew 25

Matthew 25:35-36

"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in.  I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me"

The real sacrifice is the time, property, and ease we give to others.  

Jesus says that these people will inherit the kingdom of heaven.  

The real question as I read this is How am I doing this? Where do I give generously?

Would Christ say to me come blessed one for you have given to me. 

I think its so important that I look at everyone as jesus.  Would I say to Jesus go up and get your drink yourself. Or no you can't have a piece of my lunch.  NO! I would give 100% to him and whatever I do now God will honor me for in the end.

*****Side note.  It just hit me. I am leaving. I am going away for a year. I am leaving my home and family, my friends, my job, my sercurity, my country, my language, everything.  And finally Chris and I have figured out our feelings for each other and  where our relationship is going and now we have to leave each other.  He has been gone for a week and a feel like its been years. I miss him loads. I'm just nervous and not ready and not wanting to go. I want to stay here and go to college like every other kid my age. :( I'm nervous. So far away, away from my friends and family.  I'm so scared. God please comfort me and give me a sense of peace. I know this is where you want me and you have a lot to teach me.