Deuteronomy 31:6 As I read Matthew 23 this week the phrase “…but you wouldn’t let me” kept coming forward to me. 37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God’s messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn’t let me. I began to wonder if there was some way that I wasn’t allowing God to protect me.  Maybe if you’re like me you can find yourself depending on someo

The intentions of a child are always so obvious.  I think of my own children and how I can tell when they are about to do something wrong.  Or if they really don’t mean it with their full heart if they have to apologize to one another or even to me for that matter.  Children are obvious whether it be good for them or not.  I got thinking about my own heart and what it looks like in comparison to the innocence of the child mentioned in Matthew 23. 2 Jesus called a little child

The passages in Matthew are so familiar to me I’m tempted to skim read them.  However I know that the Bible is the only book that the Author is present with me while I read so I asked God to show me something new. Here are some of my brief thoughts that challenged my faith and how urgently I seek God. In Matthew 16 we read the story of how Jesus feeds the 4000.  What I found different about passage compared to the feeding of the 5000 is that Jesus provokes the conversation ab

After reading the passage about Jesus feeding the 5000 today I sincerely asked God to show me something new, this passage is not new to me at all but I know God is faithful and teaches me new things every day.  My attention was brought to the part of the passage where is says, “Jesus had compassion on them.” 14 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick. Matthew 14:14 Soon after this the disciples were concerned about the growing