'Chosen by the King'

 ISN'T IT INTERESTING? Do Not Look to be Served... (8.20.25) The Bible says, Ask and you shall receive, but there is something we shouldn't be asking for. Actually, probably many, but let's just deal with the ask in Mark 10. Mark 10:37 NIV “ Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory.” One thing I can't help but think about this question is what if He'd have said yes? Would their next statement have been, 'I want to be on the right, and you can put my brother on the left? The entire ask was wrong. There were other men following Jesus. Why did they even make the attempt at exalting themselves above the others? My point is that I find it interesting that the men Jesus chose were so self-serving from the beginning. This is why Jesus is so amazing. He didn't pick perfect men, and He doesn't get angry with them for asking, although I'm sure the other disciples must have been pretty stunned hearing this. In fact, verse 41 tell...

If that isn't the strangest title I've ever used, I hope it gets your attention. A few days ago, I couldn't sleep and was up and down all night. Wondering why, praising, praying, etc. Then I finally fell asleep for a few minutes and woke up after having a dream that I couldn't remember, but I leave my TV on in my room with rain through the night to help me sleep, and somehow the rain stopped, and there was a podcast starting on the La Brea Tar Pits. I had no idea how it got there because the algorithms usually bring things into your feed because of the content that you watch, and neither my husband nor I watch stuff about museums, history, etc., but it did look interesting, so I watched the short podcast knowing something drew me to it. We don't live in California anymore and haven't for over 25 years, so what did this have to do with me, I asked out loud? Before I could say 'NOTHING,' The Lord answered me, and I heard the name Ishbi-Benob...