Repetition and "I've read that before"

I was given a book entitled Moments with The Savior, by one of the pastors in my church. Also, i'm currently reading the gospel of Luke in the Bible. Ya know, sometimes it's quite comical how the Lord works. One night i read something in Luke. This, in turn, ended up being something that i had previously read the night before in Moments with The Savior. Even today- stuff like this happens . Case in point- today i got an email from a friend. He was just saying a few ways about how God was speaking to him. Here's part of the email: "When God reveals something he will allow a question to crop up to see if we will yield to his revelation or if we will yield to that which has not happened (ie the question). He doesn't mind the question if explanation is not required for obedience. (Used Zechariah and Mary being visited by the angel. Both asked questions. They both asked "How is this possible?" The difference was in how the question was asked.)" Last night, i had just heard a small devo about the very same thing, Zechariah and Mary. What i ended up hearing in the devo said something like this: (luke 1) There are 2 people presented with something that God is going to do (ie- Zechariah and Mary), both respond in the same way- but the outcome is different. Zechariah asks God how is it possible for his wife to have a son, especially since she was in very old age. Here we see Zechariah doubting God. He doesn't believe that God can do it. For his doubting, God silences him until the baby is born. Then later on, he is given back his voice. On the other hand, Mary's question of "How?" is more along the lines of- I'm a virgin, how are you going to do this? I can't wait to see what Your'e gonna do. The end of this devo had something that really brought a new meaning to this story for me. So again, 2 people, same question, different outcome. For Zechariah, he gets a lesson in what God can do, i.e.- trust. For Mary, she gets to be the vessel that God uses to bring Jesus into the world. As i said before, this type of repetition of things previously read has happened to me a lot recently. I think it's neat when this type of thing happens.

My first Entry

Don't tell me evolution created this. (pic @ right)
Don't tell me that some sludge evolved to create this masterpiece art work. Don't say that my God can't do something just because we think it's too big for Him. Naw, man- that' ain't truth. We know better than that. There is nothing too big for God. He IS able! He can do anything and everything. The only thing He cannot do is sin. He is perfect and cannot be with sin.


I'm currently working on a haiku. It's called Life. It's about my life; my ups, my downs, times when I praise God, times when i've hit rock bottom, times when i've cried out to God, times when God spoke to me...etc. Currently, i'm on the 18th page. who knows- maybe it'll be a book one day.








I recently went to a park, to write and have time to be with God and read His word. It was also an excuse to get out and enjoy the awesome weather. I came upon this passage out of Luke. While i was reading this, something struck me. The man with leprosy asks Jesus, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean." My mind paused and re-read his question. "Lord, if you are willing..." ... ... ... ... Seriously? you're asking Jesus, the great and powerful awesome God, an IF question? okay so maybe the guy didn't fully know who Jesus was other than a healer. I just found it quite odd of him to ask Jesus an IF question. "Lord, if you are willing..." Why would He not be willing? Of course He is willing- it's not like He isn't. I think a lot of times we ask with the question IF. God, if you could do this- then this. IF you could just do this for this one person, i'd be happy. Instead of thinking that God, for some reason, might not have time to do it, or doesn't want to do it, why not pray to God without questioning His power.

i'm open to other views of this and other opinions.

~Accaberatyra