Monday, June 16, 2008

RAW Challenge - Day 3

RAW is over, I'm still feeling a little raw from the whole experience. Very tired and not in the right frame of mind for school but that will have to change soon!

Anyway, was challenged by Ps Aaron to read the Bible and commit to a discipleship programme. Have been on a Bible reading programme for a while now but I've stop putting all my posts online. About high time I did so again. So, I will be blogging about my reading once again. Today is day 3 and we are supposed to have read till Mark 3. So here are my readings for the previous days.

Day 1 - Mark 1

If there is anything that I can learn from this passage is that Jesus would wake up early to pray. This is one of the things that is recorded in all 4 Gospels, and that is quite rare! Not even the Lord's Supper is recorded in all 4 Gospels.

I'm not a morning person although I am an early riser due to the nature of my profession. But I am not fully alert in the morning, especially the first period. This semester's timetable is very interesting, I have to teach during the first period 3 times a week.

I've often wondered what would be a good way to start the morning, but really, there is no better way than to start it with prayer. So I pray that I would be able to spend my early morning cycles in communion with God from now on. Especially in this week 0, since there is no human traffic on the roads.

Day 2 - Mark 2

This was the passage Ps Aaron preached from on Sunday. The crux of what he wanted to tell us is that there is no screw up that we've made that God cannot forgive. I've often wondered if I could have the chance of going back in time to live my life again but with the benefit of hindsight. I would often think of what I would have done differently, but I know that that chance will never come.

On the other hand, what we need is to realise that we all need is really to ask for forgiveness to live life anew from that point. There isn't really any restarting afresh, just moving forward redeemed.

Day 3 - Mark 3

A rare insight into Jesus' family; it is from this passage that we know that Jesus had siblings, earthly siblings. Two of whom are believed to have penned 2 books in the New Testament, James and Jude.

This is also where we get the idea of being brothers and sisters in Christ. Short and very interesting.

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