After nearly five days without a shower and googling if Pepto turns your poop green, I am feeling better than I was, albeit different.
I’m certainly a few pounds lighter and aware that I need to take better care of myself. Since November, I have been down more often than not—at least it feels like that is true, even if it is slightly exaggerated.
I’m sweating profusely, as my body detoxes.
I’m ready to be home and we haven’t even left the house yet.
Not exactly stunning. But on the mend.
I pray your Sunday is a good day.
Me? I’m working on putting together the pieces for an upcoming art exhibit and figuring out how to transport the pieces safely. And I’m preparing to teach a Bible study in a few days on spiritual warfare. I’m currently reading and working through Jesus’ parable about the wheat and the weeds recorded in the Gospel of Matthew.
Thankfully, I have Terri to help me.
The Parable of the Weeds
24 Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. 26 When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.
27 “The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’
28 “‘An enemy did this,’ he replied.
“The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’
29 “‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’”
Matthew 13:24-30 (NIV)
The focus of the Bible study is on spiritual warfare and this parable illustrates perfectly how good and evil both exist in our world. I don’t think that’s something we question. We tend to wonder what is God’s reason for allowing both to exist for a time?
The reality is just like there is a Holy Trinity consisting of the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit there exists also an unholy trinity of the world, the Devil, and our flesh.
We, however, are not without hope. We live in an age of grace, where even the gravest of sinners can yet become a saint.
If we are willing, we can be on the mend. Thanks for your prayers.
You are loved.
Rainer Bantau —The Devotional Guy™
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“If we are willing, we can be on the mend.”❤️🩹
This is a sermon in itself, brother!
I’m glad you’re feeling better.
🙏His strength is perfect.
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Ha! True, it certainly could be. And I may just pray that it becomes one ( I’m preaching again in a few weeks).
Thanks—I hadn’t felt that bad and been in that sort of pain in quite a while. EVERTHING HURT. Indeed, His strength is. Thanks for reading my blog, your prayers and your encouraging support.
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I think maybe your study should be on spiritual and physical warfare.
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Interesting! What are your thoughts on this topic? I’m curious to hear more. Thanks for reading and commenting on my post.
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Well, you’ve had surgery and said yourself the recovery was painful. Can you use that experience of physical pain along with spiritual? Just a thought.
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Forgive me as you might have been sick verses surgery.
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Interesting. Thanks for this.
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No worries. I understood what you were saying. It’s a good premise for a post or series of posts.
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