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Marching into Mark Chapter 10

Marching into Mark Registry,
the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 80, March 21 )

On Facebook, you can join us at Itty Bitty Bible Study Group.

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

The Images that I use are from Knowing Jesus and are available as downloads in every format that I can imagine for screen savers and wallpapers.

Mark 10(cross referencing – Matthew 19)
- Mk10:1He set out from there and went to the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Then crowds converged on Him again and, as He usually did, He began teaching them once more.
- Mk 10:2-12 Jesus’s opinion on Divorce
- Mk 10:²Some Pharisees approached Him to test Him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
- ⁶But from the beginning of creation God^[a] made them male and female.
  - For this reason a man will leave
    his father and mother
    [and be joined to his wife],
  - and the two will become one flesh.
  - So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
- ⁹Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate.”
- ¹¹And He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.
- ¹²Also, if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
- Mk 10:13 -16 Welcome the Children
- Mk 10¹⁴When Jesus saw it, He was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to Me. Don’t stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
- Mk 10¹⁵I assure you: Whoever does not welcome[e] the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
- ¹⁶After taking them in His arms, He laid His hands on them and blessed them.
- Mk 10:17-22 The Rich Young Ruler
- Mk 10¹⁷As He was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
- Jesus – Why do you call me Good? And Keep the commandments
- ²⁰He said to Him, “Teacher, I have kept all these from my youth.”
- Jesus – You must go and sell all and give to the poor.
- Mk 10²²But he was stunned^[h] at this demand, and he went away grieving, because he had many possessions.
- Mk10:23-31 The continuation of Riches
- Mk 10²³Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!”
- Stunned the disciples –
- Mk 10:24…Again Jesus said to them, “Children, how hard it is^[i] to enter the kingdom of God! ²⁵It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
- The Who Can be Saved????
- Mk 10²⁷Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, because all things are possible with God.”
- But we’ve left all to follow you!
- Mk10²⁹“I assure you,” Jesus said, “there is no one who has left house, brothers or sisters, mother or father,^[j] children, or fields because of Me and the gospel, ³⁰who will not receive 100 times more, now at this time—houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions—and eternal life in the age to come. ³¹But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”
- Mk 10:32-34 Jesus Tells of His Death a Third time
- Mk 10:35-45 James and John ask to sit at Christ’s Right Hand
- Mk 10⁴³But it must not be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, ⁴⁴and whoever wants to be first among you must be a slave to all. ⁴⁵For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life—a ransom for many.”^[l]
- Mk 10:46-52 Blind Bartimaeus
- Mk 10:⁵¹Then Jesus answered him, “What do you want Me to do for you?”
- “Rabbouni,”^[m] the blind man told Him, “I want to see!”
- ⁵²“Go your way,” Jesus told him. “Your faith has healed you.” Immediately he could see and began to follow Him on the road.

More discussion about these stories in Mindfully Meditating in Matthew 19

A good place to see the four gospels compared is from Synoptic Gospel Parallels.

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Mark 10:31
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

³¹But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”
BUT many who are first will be last, and the last first.
But MANY who are first will be last, and the last first.
But many WHO are first will be last, and the last first.
But many who ARE first will be last, and the last first.

⁵²“Go your way,” Jesus told him. “Your faith has healed you.”
GO your way, Jesus told him. Your faith has healed you.
Go your way, Jesus told him. YOUR faith has healed you.
Go your way, Jesus told him. Your FAITH has healed you.
Go your way, Jesus told him. Your faith HAS healed you.

and so on. This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Songs for Meditation

This is the Kingdom – Elevation Worship

We Declare that the Kingdom of God is Here – Ron Kenoly

Coloring – I use coloring to help me focus on the fullness of a verse.

Mark Coloring page – Ministry to Children – simple enough to finish in an hour or less

Jesus heals the Blind man – Super Coloring

Quick Questions – if you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later. Some thoughts to dig deeper.

What does Jesus mean by the first shall be last and the last shall be first?
1. Got Questions explains this from Matthew’s Gospel.

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Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

M. Christine Wildman

“The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear.
If my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without hesitation.
If I hesitate, it is because I love someone I have placed in competition with Him, namely, myself.” – from My Utmost for His highest

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Marching into Mark Chapter Eight

Marching into Mark Registry,
the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 76, March 17 )

On Facebook, you can join us at Itty Bitty Bible Study Group.

Passage
Mark Chapter Eight

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

The Images that I use are from Knowing Jesus and are available as downloads in every format that I can imagine for screen savers and wallpapers.

Mark 8 (cross referenced with Matthew 15 & 16)
- Mk 8:1-10 Feeding Repeat!
  - In a deserted place
  - folks are hungry
  - Jesus – “Feed them”
  - Apostles – we don’t have enough money
  - Jesus ‘ “what DO you have?”
  - Blesses the seven loaves, and feeds 4000 with 7 baskets of leftovers.
  - ¹⁰and immediately got into the boat with His disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.^[b]
- Mk 8:11-13 No sign but Jonah (Mt 12:38-41)
- Mk 8:14- 21 Beware the Yeast of Pharisees
- Apostles forgot bread
- Jesus – “Beware of the yeast of Pharisees”
- Apostles – because we forgot bread
- ¹⁷Aware of this, He said to them, “Why are you discussing that you do not have any bread? Don’t you understand or comprehend? Is your heart hardened? ¹⁸Do you have eyes, and not see, and do you have ears, and not hear?^[c] And do you not remember?
- 5000 – 12 baskets
- 4000 – 7 baskets
- ²¹And He said to them, “Don’t you understand yet?”
- Mk 8:22- 26 Healing a blind man that took two attempts
- Partial sight – I see men as trees walking
- Full sight – ²⁵Again Jesus placed His hands on the man’s eyes, and he saw distinctly. He was cured and could see everything clearly.
- Mk 8: 27- 30 Who do you say that I am?
- Peter answered Him, “You are the Messiah!”
- Mk 8:31-33
- ³¹Then He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, be killed, and rise after three days.
- Peter Rebukes Him
- He rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind Me, Satan, because you’re not thinking about God’s concerns,^[e] but man’s!”
- Mk 8:34-38 Count the Cost
- He said to them, “If anyone wants to be My follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.
- ³⁶For what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world yet lose his life? ³⁷What can a man give in exchange for his life?
- ³⁸For whoever is ashamed of Me and of My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”
- Jim Elliot – ‘He is no fools who gives up what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.”
- Mindfully Meditating in Matthew 15, MMM16

A place to see the four gospels compared is from Synoptic Gospel Parallels.

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Mark 8:29
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

²⁹“But you,” He asked them again, “who do you say that I am?” Peter answered Him, “You are the Messiah!”
WHO do you say that I am? You are the Messiah!
Who DO you say that I am? You are the Messiah!
Who do YOU say that I am? You are the Messiah!
Who do you SAY that I am? You are the Messiah!

and so on. This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Songs for Meditation

Who do Say that I am – David Phelps

This is the Kingdom – Elevation Worship

We Declare that the Kingdom of God is Here – Ron Kenoly

Coloring – I use coloring to help me focus on the fullness of a verse.

Mark Coloring page – Ministry to Children – simple enough to finish in an hour or less

Jesus heals the Blind Man coloring page by ColoringHome

Quick Questions – if you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later. Some thoughts to dig deeper.

What is the sign of Jonah?
1. GotQuestions discusses this is Sign of Jonah
2. I have an Itty Bitty Bible Study on Jonah starting with this Introduction
What do you think about the Apostles forgetting about the feeding of the 5000, when they needed to feed the 4000?
1. Your answer
2. Leaven of the Pharisees by GotQuestions

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Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

M. Christine Wildman

“The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear.
If my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without hesitation.
If I hesitate, it is because I love someone I have placed in competition with Him, namely, myself.” – from My Utmost for His highest

Naomi’s Heart Ministries
Obed’s House Ministries
The son of a friend will be interning with CRU – previously known as Campus Crusades for Christ. If you’d like to support someone I can vouch for in this area, please consider going to Matthew Plant’s donation page.

Marching into Mark Chapter 7

Marching into Mark Registry,
the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 75, March 16 )

On Facebook, you can join us at Itty Bitty Bible Study Group.

Passage
Mark Chapter Seven

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

The Images that I use are from Knowing Jesus and are available as downloads in every format that I can imagine for screen savers and wallpapers.

Mark 7(With cross referencing to Matthew 15)
- Mk 7:1-23 – What causes defiling
- 1 The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Him.
- They observed the disciples eating with unclean hands which went against the teachings of the Leaders
- ⁵Then the Pharisees and the scribes asked Him, “Why don’t Your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders, instead of eating bread with ritually unclean^[b] hands?”
- Jesus calls them on their hypocrisy
- ⁸Disregarding the command of God, you keep the tradition of men.”^[d] ⁹He also said to them, “You completely invalidate God’s command in order to maintain^[e] your tradition!
- The leaders had made it so that a son could say his wealth was for God and therefore didn’t need to take care of his parents, invalidating Honor your Father and Mother command.
- The point –
- ¹⁵Nothing that goes into a person from outside can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.
- ¹⁸And He said to them, “Are you also as lacking in understanding? Don’t you realize that nothing going into a man from the outside can defile him? ¹⁹For it doesn’t go into his heart but into the stomach and is eliminated.”^[i] (As a result, He made all foods clean.^[j])
- What actually defiles
- ²⁰Then He said, “What comes out of a person—that defiles him. ²¹For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders, ²²adulteries, greed, evil actions, deceit, promiscuity, stinginess,^[k] blasphemy, pride, and foolishness. ²³All these evil things come from within and defile a person.”
- Mk7:24-30 Greek woman asking for healing
- Jesus – “…because it isn’t right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
- Woman – “Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
- Jesus – “Because of this reply, you may go. The demon has gone out of your daughter.”
- Her faith wouldn’t take a NO answer, and it seems she understood the heart of God.
- Mindfully Meditating in Matthew Chapter 15
- Mk 7:31-35 Deaf man with a speech difficulty
- ³⁵Immediately his ears were opened, his speech difficulty was removed,^[o] and he began to speak clearly.
- Mk 7:³⁷They were extremely astonished and said, “He has done everything well! He even makes deaf people hear, and people unable to speak, talk!”

A place to see the four gospels compared is from Synoptic Gospel Parallels.

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Mark 7:37
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

³⁷They were extremely astonished and said, “He has done everything well! He even makes deaf people hear, and people unable to speak, talk!”
HE has done everything well! He even makes deaf people hear,
He HAS done everything well!
He has DONE everything well!
He has done EVERYTHING well!
He has done everything WELL!

and so on. This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Songs for Meditation

All Things Well – A’Men Quartet

This is the Kingdom – Elevation Worship

We Declare that the Kingdom of God is Here – Ron Kenoly

Coloring – I use coloring to help me focus on the fullness of a verse.

Mark Coloring page – Ministry to Children – simple enough to finish in an hour or less

Quick Questions – if you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later. Some thoughts to dig deeper.

Why do you think Jesus went from talking about unclean hands to talking about honoring your Mother and Father?
1. GotQuestions answers what is CORBAN?
Why did Jesus call the woman a dog?
1. GotQuestions discusses this from the Matthew account.

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Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

M. Christine Wildman

“The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear.
If my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without hesitation.
If I hesitate, it is because I love someone I have placed in competition with Him, namely, myself.” – from My Utmost for His highest

Naomi’s Heart Ministries
Obed’s House Ministries
The son of a friend will be interning with CRU – previously known as Campus Crusades for Christ. If you’d like to support someone I can vouch for in this area, please consider going to Matthew Plant’s donation page.

Marching into Mark Chapter Five

Marching into Mark Registry,
the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 72, March 13 )

On Facebook, you can join us at Itty Bitty Bible Study Group.

Passage
Mark Chapter Five

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

The Images that I use are from Knowing Jesus and are available as downloads in every format that I can imagine for screen savers and wallpapers.

Mark 5 (some cross referencing in Matthew 8 and 9)
- Mk 5:1-20 Gadarene or Gerasene Demoniac
  - vs 1-2 Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes.^[a] ²As soon as He got out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came out of the tombs and met Him.
  - Description:
    - ³He lived in the tombs.
    - No one was able to restrain him anymore—even with chains
    - ⁴because snapped off the chains and smashed the shackles.
    - No one was strong enough to subdue him.
    - ⁵And always, he was crying
    - out among the tombs and in the mountains
    - and cutting himself with stones.
    - recognized Jesus
    - ⁸For He had told him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”
    - 7 “What do You have to do with me,^[b] Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg^[c] You before God, don’t torment me!”
    - named Legion
  - Negotiation
    - begged to be send into a herd of pigs – about 2000
    - Pigs, demon possessed, committed suicide.
  - Results
    - The pig herders ran off and told the town
    - ex-possessed man now dressed and in his right mind, next to Jesus.
    - eyewitnesses repeated the story
    - townsfolk ¹⁷Then they began to beg Him to leave their region.
  - The rest of the story
    - the man who had been demon-possessed kept begging Him to be with Him.
    - given a mission – go back and tell
    - ²⁰So he went out and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and they were all amazed.
    - Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Chapter 8
- Mk 5:21-24, 35-42 Jairus’s daughter healed
  - Jairus came and begged Jesus to come and heal his daughter
  - ²⁴So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd was following and pressing against Him.
  - “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher anymore?”
  - ³⁶But Jesus said, , “Don’t be afraid. Only believe.”
  - ⁴²Immediately the girl got up and began to walk. (She was 12 years old.) At this they were utterly astounded.
- Mk 5:24-34 Women that touched His garment
  - ²⁴So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd was following and pressing against Him.
  - Woman suffering for 12 years (issue of blood made her unclean)
    - ²⁶had endured much under many doctors.
    - She had spent everything she had
    - and was not helped at all.
    - On the contrary, she became worse.
  - ²⁸For she said, “If I can just touch His robes, I’ll be made well!”
  - Immediately healed
  - ³⁰ Jesus said, “Who touched My robes?”
  - ³⁴“Daughter,” He said to her, “your faith has made you well.^[h] Go in peace and be free^[i] from your affliction.”

A place to see the four gospels compared is from Synoptic Gospel Parallels.

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Mark 5:28
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

²⁸For she said, “If I can just touch His robes, I’ll be made well!”
IF I can just touch His robes, I’ll be made well!
If I CAN just touch His robes, I’ll be made well!
If I can JUST touch His robes, I’ll be made well!
If I can just TOUCH His robes, I’ll be made well!

and so on. This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Songs for Meditation

He Touched Me – Joey + Rory

This is the Kingdom – Elevation Worship

We Declare that the Kingdom of God is Here – Ron Kenoly

Coloring – I use coloring to help me focus on the fullness of a verse.

Mark Coloring page – Ministry to Children – simple enough to finish in an hour or less

Coloring pages for Jairus’s daughter story by Connect Us

Quick Questions – if you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later. Some thoughts to dig deeper.

1. Why do you think the demons did not want to be sent out of that region?
  1. I didn’t find great references to that, but I found GotQuestions starts by addressing why only one of two(spoken of in Matthew) and if you go to the additional resources, you can find more information about this account.
2. Why did Jesus know power had gone out of Him?
  1. GotQuestions has some insight into the Women with the Issue of Blood.

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Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

M. Christine Wildman

“The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear.
If my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without hesitation.
If I hesitate, it is because I love someone I have placed in competition with Him, namely, myself.” – from My Utmost for His highest

Naomi’s Heart Ministries
Obed’s House Ministries
The son of a friend will be interning with CRU – previously known as Campus Crusades for Christ. If you’d like to support someone I can vouch for in this area, please consider going to Matthew Plant’s donation page.

Marching into Mark Chapter Three

Marching into Mark Registry,
the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 65, March 6)

On Facebook, you can join us at Itty Bitty Bible Study Group.

Passage
Mark Chapter Three

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

The Images that I use are from Knowing Jesus and are available as downloads in every format that I can imagine for screen savers and wallpapers.

Mark 3
- Mk 3:1-6 Healing on the Sabbath and the consequences
  - ⁴Then He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do what is good or to do what is evil, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent.
  - Hand is Healed
  - ⁶Immediately the Pharisees went out and started plotting with the Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him.
    - Matthew 12
- Mk 3:7-12 Ministering from a boat
  - ¹⁰Since He had healed many, all who had diseases were pressing toward Him to touch Him.
  - ¹¹Whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, those possessed fell down before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God!”
- Mk 3:13- 19 the 12 apostles
  - ¹⁴He also appointed 12—He also named them apostles^[b]—to be with Him, to send them out to preach,
  - ¹⁵and to have authority to^[c] drive out demons.
  - names all twelve
    - Matthew 10
    - MMM10
- Mk 3:20-21 Family opinion
  - ²¹When His family heard this, they set out to restrain Him, because they said, “He’s out of His mind.”
- Mk 3:22 – 26 Casting out Demons
  - ²²The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul in Him!” and, “He drives out demons by the ruler of the demons!”
  - ²⁵If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
- Mk 3:27 – 30 Blaspheming the Holy Spirit
  - ²⁹But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”^[j]—
    - Matthew 12
- Mk 3:31-35 Finishes the topic about his family
  - ³¹Then His mother and His brothers came, and standing outside, they sent word to Him and called Him.
    - Remember – ²¹When His family heard this, they set out to restrain Him, because they said, “He’s out of His mind.”
  - True Family of God
    - ³³He replied to them, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”
    - ³⁴And looking about at those who were sitting in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!
    - ³⁵Whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Mark 3:35
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

³⁵Whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”
WHOEVER does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.
Whoever DOES the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.
Whoever does THE will of God is My brother and sister and mother.
Whoever does the WILL of God is My brother and sister and mother.

and so on. This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Songs for Meditation

The Family God – Bill Gaither

This is the Kingdom – Elevation Worship

We Declare that the Kingdom of God is Here – Ron Kenoly

Coloring – I use coloring to help me focus on the fullness of a verse.

Mark Coloring page – Ministry to Children – simple enough to finish in an hour or less

no other coloring pages, I’m sorry

Quick Questions – if you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later. Some thoughts to dig deeper.

What was so important about healing on the sabbath?
1. GotQuestions has an excellent discussion on this.
Why did Jesus tell demons to be silent?
1. No one really knows, but there are some great discussions on Biblical Heremuetics
2. I refer to Mark 1:45 as a reason.
What was Jesus saying about family when He pointed to everyone around Him?
1. There is a great, deeper dive into this at Understanding that will enlighten and challenge you.

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Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

M. Christine Wildman

“The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear.
If my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without hesitation.
If I hesitate, it is because I love someone I have placed in competition with Him, namely, myself.” – from My Utmost for His highest

Naomi’s Heart Ministries
Obed’s House Ministries
The son of a friend will be interning with CRU – previously known as Campus Crusades for Christ. If you’d like to support someone I can vouch for in this area, please consider going to Matthew Plant’s donation page.

Marching into Mark Chapter One

Marching into Mark Registry,
the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 65, March 6)

Passage
Mark Chapter One

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

The Images that I use are from Knowing Jesus and are available as downloads in every format that I can imagine for screen savers and wallpapers.

Mark 1 (Cross Referencing Matthew 3 – and 4)

Mk 1:1 What Mark is talking about
- The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God
Mk1:2- 3 John the Baptist – Fulfillment of Prophecy
- ²As it is written in Isaiah the prophet:^[a]
- Look, I am sending My messenger ahead of You,
  who will prepare Your way.^[b]
- A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
  Prepare the way for the Lord;
  make His paths straight!^[
Mk 1:4-8 What John Did
- ⁴John came baptizing^[d] in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance^[e] for the forgiveness of sins.
- ⁶John wore a camel-hair garment with a leather belt around his waist
- and ate locusts and wild honey.
- ⁷He was preaching: “Someone more powerful than I will come after me. I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the strap of His sandals.
- ⁸I have baptized you with^[f] water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
Mk 1:9- 11 John baptizes Jesus in the Jordan
- Heavens open, spirit like a dove
- A voice from heaven said:
- You are My beloved Son;
  I take delight in You!
Mk 1:12-13 Temptation in the Wilderness
- ¹²Immediately the Spirit drove Him into the wilderness.
- ¹³He was in the wilderness 40 days, being tempted by Satan.
- He was with the wild animals, and the angels began to serve Him.
Mk 1:14 Jesus to Galilee and John to Prison
- ¹⁴After John was arrested, Jesus went to Galilee, preaching the good news^[h]^[i] of God:
Mk 1:15 FULFILLED
- ¹⁵“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe in the good news!”
Mk1:16-20 Calling the Disciples
- Simon and Andrew, James and John
- immediately left their ships
Mk 1:21-21 Taught in the Synagogue
- ²²They were astonished at His teaching because, unlike the scribes, He was teaching them as one having authority.
Mk 1:23-28 Dealing with an Unclean Spirit
- ²⁴“What do You have to do with us,^[m] Jesus—Nazarene? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
- Jesus said “Be quiet,^[n] and come out of him!” and he did.
- ²⁷Then they were all amazed,
- ²⁸News about Him then spread throughout the entire vicinity of Galilee.
Mk 1:29-31 Healed Simon Peter’s Mother-in-law
Mk 1:32- 34 many delivered from unclean spirits, healed from diseases
- But He would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew Him.
Mk 1:35-39 After praying, went to all of Galilee preaching
Mk 1:40-44 Jesus heals the man with skin disease (leprosy in other versions)
- ⁴²Immediately the disease left him, and he was healed.
- Tell no one, go, give the offering to the priests
Mk 1:45 He(the healed man) wasn’t silent
- ⁴⁵Yet he went out and began to proclaim it widely and to spread the news, with the result that Jesus could no longer enter a town openly. But He was out in deserted places, and they would come to Him from everywhere.
Mindfully Meditating in Matthew 3 or MMM3
MMM4

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Mark 1:15
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

¹⁵“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near.
THE time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near.
The TIME is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near.
The time IS fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near.
The time is FULFILLED, and the kingdom of God has come near.

and so on. This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Songs for Meditation

This is the Kingdom – Elevation Worship

We Declare that the Kingdom of God is Here – Ron Kenoly

Coloring – I us coloring to help me focus on the fullness of a verse.

Mark Coloring page – Ministry to Children – simple enough to finish in an hour or less

Jesus in the Desert Coloring page by Drawn and Creative

Quick Questions – if you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later.

Who is the voice of one crying in the Wilderness?
1. Got Questions discusses this from Isaiah and how it applies to our lives today.
Why did Jesus tell the unclean spirits to keep silent?
1. The Gospel Coalition goes into great depth about the whole concept of Jesus revealing AND concealing Himself.

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Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

M. Christine Wildman

“The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear.
If my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without hesitation.
If I hesitate, it is because I love someone I have placed in competition with Him, namely, myself.” – from My Utmost for His highest

Naomi’s Heart Ministries
Obed’s House Ministries
The son of a friend will be interning with CRU – previously known as Campus Crusades for Christ. If you’d like to support someone I can vouch for in this area, please consider going to Matthew Plant’s donation page.

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew chapter 12 or MMM12

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Catalogue , the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 43, Feb 12)

Passage
Matthew Chapter Twelve

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

Matthew 12
- Mt 12:1-8 Lord of the Sabbath
  - ⁶But I tell you that something greater than the temple is here! ⁷If you had known what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice,^[c] you would not have condemned the innocent. ⁸For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
    - 1 Sam 15:22,Heb 10:6, Ps 40:6
    - Mark 12:33
      - To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
    - Ps 51:16-17
      - You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
            you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
        ¹⁷My sacrifice, O God, is^[b] a broken spirit;
            a broken and contrite heart
            you, God, will not despise.
- Mt 12:9-14 Lawful to heal on the Sabbath
  - - - ¹²A man is worth far more than a sheep, so it is lawful to do what is good on the Sabbath.”
- Mt 12:15-21 Fulfilled
  - Here is My Servant whom I have chosen,
    My beloved in whom My soul delights;
    I will put My Spirit on Him,
    and He will proclaim justice to the nations.
    ¹⁹He will not argue or shout,
    and no one will hear His voice in the streets.
    ²⁰He will not break a bruised reed,
    and He will not put out a smoldering wick,
    until He has led justice to victory.^[f]
    ²¹The nations will put their hope in His name.^[g]
- Mt 12:22-30House Divided
  - ²⁸If I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you.
  - ³⁰Anyone who is not with Me is against Me, and anyone who does not gather with Me scatters.
  - Luke 11:23
- Mt 12:31-32 Respect the Holy Spirit
  - ³¹Because of this, I tell you, people will be forgiven every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against^[i] the Spirit will not be forgiven.^[j] ³²Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the one to come.
- Mt 12:33-35, tree and it’s fruit
- Mt 12:36-37 judged by your words
  - ³⁶I tell you that on the day of judgment people will have to account for every careless word they speak.^[m] ³⁷For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
- Mt 12:38-42 Sign of Jonah
  - ⁴⁰For as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.
- Mt 12:43- 45 The return of an unclean sprit
  - ⁴⁴Then it says, ‘I’ll go back to my house that I came from.’ And returning, it finds the house vacant, swept, and put in order.
    - Acts 9:17,
- Mt 12:46-50 Eternal Relationships
  - https://images.knowing-jesus.com/Matthew/12
    
    ⁴⁸But He replied to the one who told Him, “Who is My mother and who are My brothers?” ⁴⁹And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers! ⁵⁰For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven, that person is My brother and sister and mother.”

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Matt 12:12
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

¹²A man is worth far more than a sheep, so it is lawful to do what is good on the Sabbath.”
A MAN is worth far more than a sheep, so it is lawful to do what is good on the Sabbath.
A man IS worth far more than a sheep, so it is lawful to do what is good on the Sabbath.
SO it is lawful to do what is good on the Sabbath..
so IT is lawful to do what is good on the Sabbath
so it IS lawful to do what is good on the Sabbath.

…and so on. This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

A Matthew Coloring Page by Ministry to Children – though it can be good for adult meditating.

A coloring page of Hope from a collection, scroll down for Matt 12:21

Quick Questions – if you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later.

Who is the servant of the Lord?
1. Got Answers says it this way about the Servant of the Lord in general. Who do you think it is in THIS passage?
What do you think Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is?
1. Got Questions explains it thus.
2. Do you agree or disagree?

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Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

M. Christine Wildman

“The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear.
If my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without hesitation.
If I hesitate, it is because I love someone I have placed in competition with Him, namely, myself.” – from My Utmost for His highest

Naomi’s Heart Ministries
Obed’s House Ministries
The son of a friend will be interning with CRU – previously known as Campus Crusades for Christ. If you’d like to support someone I can vouch for in this area, please consider going to Matthew Plant’s donation page.

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew chapter 9 or MMM9

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew chapter 5

Mindfully Meditating in Matthew, the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 40, Feb 9)

Passage

Matthew Chapter 9

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Homan Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

Matthew 9
- Mt 9:1-8 healing and forgiving sins
  - ⁵For which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? ⁶But so you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—then He told the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.” ⁷And he got up and went home.
- Mt 9:9-13 Matthew and Tax Collectors
  - ¹³Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice.^[f] For I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”^[g]
- Mt 9:14-17 New vs Old
- Mt 9:18-26 Two healings in One effort
  - leaders daughter raised from the dead
    - ²⁵But when the crowd had been put outside, He went in and took her by the hand, and the girl got up.
  - but first – on the way – woman with the issue of blood
    - ²²But Jesus turned and saw her. “Have courage, daughter,” He said. “Your faith has made you well.”
- Mt 9:27-31 Healing two blind men
  - 28 When He entered the house, the blind men approached Him, and Jesus said to them, “D0 you believe that I can do this?” “yes, Lord” they answered Him
  - ²⁹Then He touched their eyes, saying, “Let it be done for you according to your faith!”
- Mt 9:32-34 Mute delivered and speaks
- Mt 9:35-37 The Lord of the Harvest
  - ³⁷Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. ³⁸Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.”

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Matt 9:22
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

²²But Jesus turned and saw her. “Have courage, daughter,” He said. “Your faith has made you well.”
BUT Jesus turned and saw her.
Have courage, daughter, He said.
YOUR faith has made you well.
Your FAITH has made you well.
Your faith HAS made you well.

…and so on. This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

A Variety of Jesus healing people art to choose from.

Quick Questions – if you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later.

Which do you think is easier to say – your sins are forgiven or rise up and take your bed and walk? Why?
1. your answer
2. BibleRef
What does it mean “I desire mercy not sacrifice”?
1. your answer
What similarities were there between healings?
1. your answer
What is the harvest and who are the workers?
1. your answer

Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

M. Christine Wildman

“The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear.
If my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without hesitation.
If I hesitate, it is because I love someone I have placed in competition with Him, namely, myself.” – from My Utmost for His highest

Naomi’s Heart Ministries
Obed’s House Ministries
The son of a friend will be interning with CRU – previously known as Campus Crusades for Christ. If you’d like to support someone I can vouch for in this area, please consider going to Matthew Plant’s donation page.

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Chapter 8 or MMM 8

Mindfully Meditating in Matthew, the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 39, Feb 8)

Passage

Matthew Chapter 8

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Homan Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

Matthew 8
- mt 8:1-4 Cleanses the Leper
  - ³Reaching out His hand He touched him, saying, “I am willing; be made clean.” Immediately his disease was healed.^[a]
    - leprosy was considered the outcome of sin
    - lepers were outcasts
    - lepers were unclean but Jesus TOUCHED him – how long had it been since he’d been touched.
- Mt 8:5-13 the Centurion’s faith
  - ⁵When He entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, ⁶“Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible agony!”
  - ⁷“I will come and heal him,” He told him.
  - 8-9 The power of authority with faith
  - ¹⁰Hearing this, Jesus was amazed and said to those following Him, “I assure you: I have not found anyone in Israel with so great a faith!
  - ¹¹I tell you that many will come from east and west, and recline at the table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
    - indication that the Kingdom of God is not just for Jews!
- Mt 8:14-17 Peter’s Mother in Law
  - ⁷so that what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:He Himself took our weaknesses
    and carried our diseases.
  - ¹⁶When evening came, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick,
    - key – the sick came to him – James 5:14-15
- Mt 8:18-22 counting the cost
  - ²⁰Jesus told him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
- Mt 8:23-27 the Winds and Waves obey
  - ²⁴Suddenly, a violent storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves. But He was sleeping. ²⁵So the disciples came and woke Him up, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to die!”
    - these were fishermen, they knew the seriousness of the storm.
  - ²⁶But He said to them, “Why are you fearful, you of little faith?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea. And there was a great calm.
  - ²⁶But He said to them, “Why are you fearful, you of little faith?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea. And there was a great calm.
- Mt 8: 28-34 Gadarene Demoniacs and Swine
  - ²⁹Suddenly they shouted, “What do You have to do with us,^[j]^[k] Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?”
    - they knew who He was
  - ³²“Go!” He told them. So when they had come out, they entered the pigs. And suddenly the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and perished in the water.
    - The pigs committed suicide rather than live with demons in their heads.
  - ³⁴At that, the whole town went out to meet Jesus. When they saw Him, they begged Him to leave their region.

Image by FaithGiant from Pixabay

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Matt 8:3
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

³Reaching out His hand He touched him, saying, “I am willing; be made clean.”
REACHING out His hand He touched him, saying,…
Reaching OUT His hand He touched him, saying…
Reaching out HIS hand He touched him, saying…

…and so on. This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Matthew 8:27 coloring page to print

Quick Questions – if you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later.

Why did Jesus touch the leper? the law made that unclean for a period of time.
1. I think the key is in the words “Immediately his disease was healed.” I don’t believe the leper was leprous when Jesus touched him, that the healing power was instantaneous. But the power of the at of touching the leper can be explained by Church Militants article.
Why does the Bible say that after Peter’s mother-in-law was healed that she got up and served them?
1. The Gospel Coalition has thoughts on Peter’s mother-in-law.
Why were the disciples amazed at Jesus calming the storm?
1. – your answer
Why did the Gadarenes ask Jesus to leave the region? does that make sense to you?
1. – your answer

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Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

M. Christine Wildman

“The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear.
If my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without hesitation.
If I hesitate, it is because I love someone I have placed in competition with Him, namely, myself.” – from My Utmost for His highest

Naomi’s Heart Ministries
Obed’s House Ministries
The son of a friend will be interning with CRU – previously known as Campus Crusades for Christ. If you’d like to support someone I can vouch for in this area, please consider going to Matthew Plant’s donation page.

Surgery Scuttlebutt – The finale

If you don’t know what scuttlebutt is, please check out

Intro, part one, part two, part three and part four

If you want a great book to help you prepare for, and recover with, please check out Healing and Hope by Christine Carter. Tell her Christi sent you!

Here is my latest video to the Wildberry Patch group on facebook…

GREAT NEWS!
The Cancer is gone
the Kidney is healing
the kidney is working like a healthy kidney!
YAY!

With that said and done…What was the journey from part six, to this one, the finale?

Well, there was the struggle with confusion with the pain and doctor’s instructions, as I share in Pain/Peace.

There is so many things that I;ve learned on this journey, and I’m still learning, because the wound site for the JP Tube is still an open wound. My skin is bleeding from the tape used to keep the bandages on it for the last, going on 6 weeks. BUT GOD!

God is our creator, and He made us in His image (just read Genesis 1 and 2), so He infused us with creativity! Once the major drainage stopped…I was waiting for an answer…and he has given me one that is giving my skin relief. Also, someone was given creativity for the super special sensitive skin tape…when I have to use tape, I use that now!

That said, I’ve also learned that I need to set boundaries…for myself and others.
What? you say? Boundaries? Christi, of what do you speak??? HAHAHA!

Yes, I have to realize that without that tube in me, I do not have the continual pull on skin that caused sheering pain, and could drive me to my knees! Now, I just get tired. And some base pain from the muscles that have been in rest mode for 6 weeks! First day…I walked out to the garden, and into the garden, to my daughters house, and then back to my herb garden.
This was after I straightened up my own office… yep…putting things away, bending and reaching.

OW! Boundaries…who knew?

I’m going to finish up this series by sharing what I’ve learned, by going through the final chapters in this book. Christine Carter has really been a Godsend to help me take this journey step by step!

Chapter 8 – Own it, Laugh a Little and Get Out.

“Here’s the thing: you are physically broken right now.
You might not have showered for days, and the stench you exude proves it”

Personally, I lived with baby wipes and those neat cloths that hospital gave me to bathe with.
I did wear deodorant.
My hair was always up…because if it was down, folks would know just how dirty it was!

Showering was a torment…and the last shower before the tube came out seemed to almost pull the stitch that held the tube in out of the skin. I mean, seriously…who thought ONE stitch would keep this tube connected to me…ME, the one that hates to sit still so God has allowed some physical ailments to MAKE me sit still. I was afraid that I’d torn something inside…I was afraid I’d caused infection…I was afraid. Period.

This chapter helped me to NOT compare myself to other able bodied people, or even others going through physical trials. I needed to OWN IT…this was the current NORMAL for me…and the only way to get through this valley was to MOVE through it! Not exercise type moving…but, mentally moving.

GO OUT – yes, I chose some opportunities to go out.
With my husband for our anniversary

With a friend to Olive Garden, and a few others places.
Do you know what I struggled with?
The stupid JP Tube showing as a bump under my clothes…no matter how bulky the clothing was.
I didn’t want anyone to look at me and wonder “what’s that under her shirt/dress?”

“You need to be okay with where you’re at right now”

I wasn’t…and I was vain!
God spoke to my heart…how do you respond to someone you see with a catheter? Oxygen? any other health related addition?
“Lord, I would look at them, not the appliance…let them know they are human, and I see them!”

Then humble yourself to learn how they truly feel, and be thankful for such tools for your healing.

This all happened in a matter of seconds, between getting out of the car, and stepping up on the curb.
Just to really drive it home…when the tube was removed, Jim was going to take me out for dinner. As I got out of the car, I started walking into the restaurant, and noticed that the side of my dress where the tube was had gotten soaked with bodily fluid. The little bandage the doctor had put on was in no way ready for the flow…and my dress caught the rest.

“oh no, let’s just go home!”
Ever supportive, Jim started to turn around, and he said Ok…but I remembered this earlier lesson….
“No – I’ll go into the bathroom and see what I can do…and it’s not so big I can’t cover it with my purse. Let’s go in”

Sometimes, when we are given lessons, we get a retest later, to see if we were really listening!

I’m thankful for the mornings I’ve spent on my swing.

And, I’ve found that if I smile at someone…they don’t notice the JP tube sticking out of my shirt, the wet stain on the side of my dress, or the wheelchair that I’m in. They smile back.

I also planned from the beginning to enjoy two FB shows…
Returning the Favor with Mike Rowe
Drybar comedy show

These have helped me laugh, and rejoice in others outside of myself.

Chapter 9 – Prayer and Spirituality

“Religion/spirituality is a significant part of many people’s lives. This is one area that should not be neglected, especially now. …
For me, Christ is the only answer and true source of peace”

Christine allows that there are other faiths that one may be a part of, and encourages all to seek their faith in times such as these, but clearly speaks to her faith as a Christian.

This may be the first time God has had you all to Himself

Not quite true…but, often true that I’m too busy to just be still.
This has been a learning about being still…knowing that HE is God…
declaring that HE is God
acknowledging that I AM NOT God!

Here are a few of my lessons learned:

My worth is based on WHOSE I am, not who I am
asking for help is part of life
Saying No can be healthy
Speak LIFE -scriptures – over my life, body, husband, children, friends…SPEAK LIFE not death
My messenger group of prayer partners…I would get an encouragement every day!

And a huge change in my view point:
Let It Go…Let them go!
Some people are in my life for a time
others for eternity.
let those that want to leave, leave.
If I have tried to make sure I didn’t offend, and gotten a response that I did not, then…
It’s not personal, so don’t take it personal.

Seriously – I’ve spend so much wasted time worrying over folks that I thought I had a connection with that just dropped me like a hot potato.
Some that I thought would be prayer partners with me that didn’t even want to receive notifications of the surgery(and they had asked for them).
Some I thought were my best friends, that decided that a hurt, misunderstanding or whatever was far more important than restoring our friendship.

If I have done what I could do…I cannot change their minds. Here’s the Bible on my responsibility:

Matthew 5:23-24 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
23 So if you are offering your gift on the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

There are more scriptures.
I cannot force anyone to forgive me, I can only apologize, and try to make amends.
If I don’t know what I’ve done, I can’t fix it…and in that case, again, I need to let it go, I need to let them go.

Christine has a great outline for prayer in this chapter, with fill in spaces for one to write them in.

Chapter 10 – A new Day

“Wherever you are on this healing journey, I want to promise you something:
There will be a day when you are done healing.”

I’m not there yet…but, I’m closer than I was 6 weeks ago!

“you will treasure what you discovered during the long, quiet moments of reflection, dreaming and digging deep to find passion, purpose, and new ideas for the road ahead.”

That is what these surgery scuttlebutt stories are all about.
I have restored my faith in Jesus Christ.
I have remembered my calling to write a book.
I have received the love of many, virtual and physical as I’ve healed.
and I rejoice in the way the Lord has met me on each step!

“Some things need to be broken, opened and taken apart to let light in.
Look for the light, my friend. It is shining somewhere in you.”

Amen!

Chapter 11 – And another thing

“After you are all healed and life has returned to its rapid pace, you may still have those lovely little reminders of this difficult season:
that twinge of pain comes along now and again, or maybe your arm doesn’t quite boast the strength it once did….”

I have a 12 inch scar now….and no idea how the JP tube hole will heal.
I have a kidney that I need to treat carefully…I need to seriously consider my diet options.
I have muscles that are achy…and, there are a whole set of side muscles that have been cut that will not like doing side bends, or anything else!

This is my new normal.
And, I thank God for it.
If I had not gone through all the stuff to get to Cleveland Clinic….The End is Near explains the journey…I would not even have this kidney!

I’ve learned to rejoice in hearing the birds.
I’ve learned to laugh with my grandchildren, and my husband, and my friends.
I’ve learned that I can love others from my bed because I live in the age of social media!
I’ve learned that others love me.
And even more so, I’ve learned again, that Jesus loves me!

Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

“The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear.
If my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without hesitation.
If I hesitate, it is because I love someone I have placed in competition with Him, namely, myself.” – from My Utmost for His highest

Naomi’s Heart Ministries
Obed’s House Ministries
Project Based Missions, Global
The son of a friend will be interning with CRU – previously known as Campus Crusades for Christ. If you’d like to support someone I can vouch for in this area, please consider going to Matthew Plant’s donation page.
Compassion

The Wildberry Patch

Be Engrafted into the VINE to produce Eternal Fruit

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