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Mark 2:18-22
The disciples of John and of the Pharisees were accustomed to fast. People came to Jesus and objected, "Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?" Jesus answered them, "Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast.
But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day. No one sews a piece of unshrunken cloth on an old cloak. If he does, its fullness pulls away, the new from the old, and the tear gets worse. Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins are ruined. Rather, new wine is poured into fresh wineskins."
Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?
Lord,
I have a hard time celebrating, letting go, relaxing, not constantly being productive. OK, I know you know this. But I have to say it. Lord, I've known this a long time but I have never really given it the attention it needed to overcome it. I guess it has been a form of fasting. Fasting from life.
OMG, that's what I've been doing all these years, fasting from life, from truly living. I've been saving the best for last. I've had this 'suffer' through life then die and have all that's been promised, mentality. But thats not what you want is it?
No, I gave you life to live now in this world and in the next. You've wasted a lot of time in misery. You know where that comes from. Now you've broken free of the darkness but you are accustomed to it and your behavior goes back to what it is used to, even when it is free. Just like the Israelites who were free from Egypt, yet they held on to the slave mentality. You have done much the same, but not completely. You just have to remind yourself that you are not a 'slave' to darkness anymore. You are a free child of the Light. I will remind you. I know how you are. And don't be hard on yourself. I know you've been living in that cave for over 40 years.
OMG!!! 40 Years!! Thats how long they wondered around in the desert. I guess my time for wandering around is over.
Yes it is.
Lord, I don't want to wander any longer. I want to be at the promise land here on earth. I need to be joyful now. It is a gift from you. All of it is and I have not opened it. I've peeked inside, but I haven't torn off the wrapper and tried it on. I haven't pulled it around me like a coat and allowed myself to be warmed by it. Lord, help me do that.
There are many gifts you have not opened. They will wait and remain unopened. It is your choice.
Lord, I have rejected gifts from others for so long. Depriving them of the joy of being the giver and they have tried so hard to make me happy. I have hurt their feelings. I have never been able to receive gifts well. I've been doing the same thing to them that I've been doing to you.
That's right.
Lord, why do I do that?
You think it's going to run out and it may not be exactly what you really want and by accepting it you believe what you really want will never come. You don't realize it doesn't run out. Not my love or the gifts or the joy. I have been pouring them out to you all these years. There is no end, not even when you leave the earth.
The disciples of John and of the Pharisees were accustomed to fast. People came to Jesus and objected, "Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?" Jesus answered them, "Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast.
But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day. No one sews a piece of unshrunken cloth on an old cloak. If he does, its fullness pulls away, the new from the old, and the tear gets worse. Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins are ruined. Rather, new wine is poured into fresh wineskins."
Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?
Lord,
I have a hard time celebrating, letting go, relaxing, not constantly being productive. OK, I know you know this. But I have to say it. Lord, I've known this a long time but I have never really given it the attention it needed to overcome it. I guess it has been a form of fasting. Fasting from life.
OMG, that's what I've been doing all these years, fasting from life, from truly living. I've been saving the best for last. I've had this 'suffer' through life then die and have all that's been promised, mentality. But thats not what you want is it?
No, I gave you life to live now in this world and in the next. You've wasted a lot of time in misery. You know where that comes from. Now you've broken free of the darkness but you are accustomed to it and your behavior goes back to what it is used to, even when it is free. Just like the Israelites who were free from Egypt, yet they held on to the slave mentality. You have done much the same, but not completely. You just have to remind yourself that you are not a 'slave' to darkness anymore. You are a free child of the Light. I will remind you. I know how you are. And don't be hard on yourself. I know you've been living in that cave for over 40 years.
OMG!!! 40 Years!! Thats how long they wondered around in the desert. I guess my time for wandering around is over.
Yes it is.
Lord, I don't want to wander any longer. I want to be at the promise land here on earth. I need to be joyful now. It is a gift from you. All of it is and I have not opened it. I've peeked inside, but I haven't torn off the wrapper and tried it on. I haven't pulled it around me like a coat and allowed myself to be warmed by it. Lord, help me do that.
There are many gifts you have not opened. They will wait and remain unopened. It is your choice.
Lord, I have rejected gifts from others for so long. Depriving them of the joy of being the giver and they have tried so hard to make me happy. I have hurt their feelings. I have never been able to receive gifts well. I've been doing the same thing to them that I've been doing to you.
That's right.
Lord, why do I do that?
You think it's going to run out and it may not be exactly what you really want and by accepting it you believe what you really want will never come. You don't realize it doesn't run out. Not my love or the gifts or the joy. I have been pouring them out to you all these years. There is no end, not even when you leave the earth.
"There's more where that came from". Tell yourself that and you won't be a miser either. You are so afraid that 'things' are going to run out, that you save them. You don't use them. You save it for later, or a special occasion. Today is a special occasion. Every day is and every day is a gift from me to you. Open it and enjoy it, use it the way it is intended. Wasting is a sin. Don't waste your life. Every minute you don't live, you are wasting your life.
Remember your resolution? LIVE in the moment and you will never waste another one.
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