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Friday, October 22, 2010

Discomforted by Jesus Tuesday, Oct 19, 2010

Day two. Left my computer at the office, but had my paper copy of the daily reading, so got up this morning, grabbed my Bible and journal flipped to Luke 14 and John 11. I was challenged by Jesus . . . "whenever you throw a feast invite the homeless, the poor, the blind," those who can't give me anything in return . . . and I thought about our Thanksgiving feasts and I realized that I am more like the Pharisee's than I care to admit. This cost of discipleship Jesus speaks of pushes hard in the face of my comfort, my pleasures, MY LIFE, as I want to live it. Me, my and I seem to be my operative words. I would rather not be discomforted, I would rather be in control than completely surrender my life to the life Christ offers me. Ouch! It hurts to see how much growing I need to do.

So, how is God stirring your soul in the readings so far? Ann
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