Bible in a Year:
[He] began to tell . . . how much Jesus had done for him.
I lived with my mother so long that she moved out! Those were the words of KC, whose life before sobriety and surrender to Jesus was not pretty. He candidly admits supporting his drug habit by stealingeven from loved ones. That life is behind him now and he rehearses this by noting the years, months, and days hes been clean. When KC and I regularly sit down to study Gods Word together, lm looking at a changed man.
Mark 5:15 speaks of a former demon-possessed individual who had also been changed. Prior to his healing, helpless, hopeless, homeless, and desperate are words that fit the man (vv. 35). But all of that changed after Jesus liberated him (v. 13). But, as with KC, his life before Jesus was far from normal. His internal turmoil that he expressed externally is not unlike what people experience today. Some hurting people dwell in abandoned buildings, vehicles, or other places; some live in their own homes but are emotionally alone. Invisible chains shackle hearts and minds to the point that they distance themselves from others.
In Jesus, we have the One who can be trusted with our pain and the shame of the past and present. And, as with Legion and KC, He waits with open arms of mercy for all who run to Him today (v. 19).
How has Jesus changed you? Who do you know that needs to hear about it?
God, Im so grateful that, through Jesus, things that controlled me in the past can indeed remain in the past.
Hi Everybody!
(((HUGS)))
Give that man some lumpia and pancit noodles!
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Greetings to all at the Canteen!
To all our military men and women, past and present,
Amazing he survived all that he endured.
What a lot that man went through for us. We knew a man that was part of the Bataan Death March and he simply wouldn’t talk about it. He was never the same when he got back. God bless all of them
How's everyone doing this morning?
This has been an interesting series to read. Thanks