Day: March 19, 2022

Lent 2022 • Week Three Review

Saturday, March 19th, 2022

Photo Credit: Me
WDW — February 16th, 2022

Hello friends —

It’s been a great week of beautiful stories of Jesus’ ministry. I’ve listed the Bible readings from the week as we uncovered the LOVE of Jesus in case you wanted to go back and read them again.

Do You Have A Favorite Story From This Week?

My favorite was the healing of the woman who had suffered 12 years from bleeding. Her faith in Jesus healing her was so strong she knew all she needed to do was touch His garment and she would be healed. The story was titled, “Jesus Sees Fully.” Jesus knew who had touched Him but still He ask . . . The point being, Jesus wanted more for the woman than physically healing her; Jesus wanted to heal her emotionally as well. He wanted to restore her dignity.

“And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.” Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering. At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?” “You see the people crowding against you,” his disciples answered, “and yet you can ask, ‘Who touched me?’ ” But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”
— Mark 5:25-34 (NIV) —

Bible Reading — Stories in Review

💚 Jesus Honors the Dishonored

✝️ Jesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman
Luke 7:36-50 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Luke%207:36-50&version=NIV

💚 Jesus See Fully

✝️ Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman
Mark 5:21-43 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Mark%205:21-43&version=NIV

💚 Jesus Does Not Envy

✝️ Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand
Mark 6:30-44 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Mark%206:30-44&version=NIV

💚 Jesus Drives Out Fear

✝️ Jesus Walks on Water
Matthew 14:22-36 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Matthew%2014:22-36&version=NIV

💚 Jesus Loves Indiscriminately

✝️ The Faith of a Canaanite Woman
Matthew 15:21-28 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Matthew%2015:21-28&version=NIV

Week Three Activities

  • Deliver flowers to someone you care about and then prayer for them. 💐
  • Memorize a passage of scripture that is meaningful to you. Suggestions . . .
    • Isaiah 53 📕
    • John 19 📗
    • Philippians 2 📘
    • 1 Corinthians 13 📙

“We love because he first loved us.”
— 1 John 4:19 —

~Charlotte, Seeker of unexpected Comfort, Happiness, Joy and Patience.

References:

https://www.biblegateway.com/

Care • Less

Saturday, March 19th, 2022

Credit: Disney/Pixar: Inside Out

Friends —

I’m not filled with pride writing this blog, it is not my usual energy [BUT] it is authentic and I am not ashamed of that. I am a person created by God for His glory and I am also 100% sinfully-human filled with emotions and shortcomings. Recently, I experienced both physical and emotional distress, it was as if a switch had been flipped and I was instantaneous angry.

Credit: Disney/Pixar: Inside Out

My chest was tight, my heart was beating fast, my back began having spasms and my mind overtly actively replaying the moments that lead to these paralysis. My world felt out of sync for a time. Yesterday, an incident happened at work that infuriated me to the point of physical and emotional pain that affected me both inwardly and outwardly. The actual incident details are unimportant to this story, only how it affected me and my outlook. I have become increasingly frustrated with how the office I work in is constantly being dismissed, overlooked and discounted. Admittedly, I have an extremely passionate (to a fault) personality that extends to and through the work I do and the office where I perform my duties. I also have a tendency to be overly protective of the people and things associated with my life; such as my work, my family, my friends, my church and my faith.

Sadly, all too often I find myself staring out into a dark space of mediocracy, it feels cold and lifeless, a place where I do not want to be.

What Would It Be Like To . . .

  • Care less
  • Feel less
  • Be mediocre
  • Be content with what is

What If Instead of . . .

  • Care less . . . Be Considerate

“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.” ~Philippians 2:3-4 (NIV)

  • Feel less . . . Be Kind

“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” ~Ephesians 4:32 (NIV)

  • Be mediocre . . . Be Fabulous

“The Lord will fulfil his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures for ever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.”
~Psalm 138:8 (NRSVA)

  • Be content . . . Be Joyful

“A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.”
~Proverbs 17:22 (ESV)

By choosing to be CONSIDERATE, KIND, FABULOUS and JOYFUL, I do not devalue myself or deflate my passions, I need only to adjust my perspective.

Thank you for reading and I hope you find encouragement from God’s Word. It’s an honor to share my authentic-self with you in hopes that we all can learn and grow together to make this world a better and healthier place for everyone.

“I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ.” ~Philippians 1:6 (NRSVA)

~Charlotte, Hope Seeker

References:

https://www.biblegateway.com/