Our paragraph topic is: (Humility according to Christ's example)
Part 1.
Within them were the words. Within them were the longings, the desire, the need to be. Yet they did not speak them. They did not utter the words. It was their mother who spoke. It was the woman who loved them, the woman who raised them, the woman who sought to speak for their future. She knew what was in their hearts. She knew what they desired. So she came forth and spoke for them.
And then there were the other ten disciples. They heard the words. They had the same desires, they same passions, the same wants. They did not speak of their desires. They did not speak of their wants. They did not say what was in their minds and hearts. But when they heard the words spoken, their hearts were opened and their minds were afire. And when the ten heard this, they were indignant at the two brothers.
They heard the words that were spoken by the mother. And the words came into their minds and entered their hearts and they became angry and hurt. The ten heard. The ten felt. The ten other disciples felt slighted that the mother of James and John would ask Christ to consider them as special. Instantly they felt belittled, slighted, outraged, and angry. In an instant their hearts had changed from loving disciples to hearts of angry disciples. The door to their hearts were instantly opened and left bear for evil to enter.
How easy it is for the mind and heart of man to be changed. How easy it is to affect how others feel. How easy it is to sway another. We are but flesh. We are but human. We do have desires just as others do. We want. We see. We feel. We believe. We know. But is that all we are? Is there nothing more to us than the flesh that we are? We believe that we have a soul but are we sure? We believe that we have a spirit but can we see it, can we know for sure?
The world is the place where we reside. The world is the place where we wake up to and see the joy, the beauty, the wonder, the majesty that it has to offer. The world is the place where we get our food to nourish our bodies and feed our souls. Yet the world is a place that can destroy us. It is a place that can harm us. It is a place that can make us do horrible things if we are not rooted. And our roots come from the vine which gave us life, from the source of all source, from the creator himself, from God.
And it is that root that we obtain all our life. If we allow something to come into the mind and into the heart, the root will be affected, the root can be poisoned, the root can be destroyed and die. And when the root dies so does the life that is within us. To open the root up to destruction is not what we knowingly provide. Hearing is an opening that must be protected. Hearing is a key to the heart. Hearing is a door that the world wants to open and keep open that it may get to the root. Indignance and anger are the fruits of its infection.
The disciples became indignant when they heard. Do you become angry when you hear? Christ came that we may have life and have it more abundantly. He came bringing the love of the father that man may know himself and know who gave him life. He came as a sacrifice for the sins of man. And he gave his life that we may know of his passion for us. Know the root from which you come! Know the life that is given you! See the light of Christ within you and protect the heart from the hearing of indignance. You are the children of God your Father and his love transcends all.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage and then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ. The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
Part 1.
Within them were the words. Within them were the longings, the desire, the need to be. Yet they did not speak them. They did not utter the words. It was their mother who spoke. It was the woman who loved them, the woman who raised them, the woman who sought to speak for their future. She knew what was in their hearts. She knew what they desired. So she came forth and spoke for them.
And then there were the other ten disciples. They heard the words. They had the same desires, they same passions, the same wants. They did not speak of their desires. They did not speak of their wants. They did not say what was in their minds and hearts. But when they heard the words spoken, their hearts were opened and their minds were afire. And when the ten heard this, they were indignant at the two brothers.
They heard the words that were spoken by the mother. And the words came into their minds and entered their hearts and they became angry and hurt. The ten heard. The ten felt. The ten other disciples felt slighted that the mother of James and John would ask Christ to consider them as special. Instantly they felt belittled, slighted, outraged, and angry. In an instant their hearts had changed from loving disciples to hearts of angry disciples. The door to their hearts were instantly opened and left bear for evil to enter.
How easy it is for the mind and heart of man to be changed. How easy it is to affect how others feel. How easy it is to sway another. We are but flesh. We are but human. We do have desires just as others do. We want. We see. We feel. We believe. We know. But is that all we are? Is there nothing more to us than the flesh that we are? We believe that we have a soul but are we sure? We believe that we have a spirit but can we see it, can we know for sure?
The world is the place where we reside. The world is the place where we wake up to and see the joy, the beauty, the wonder, the majesty that it has to offer. The world is the place where we get our food to nourish our bodies and feed our souls. Yet the world is a place that can destroy us. It is a place that can harm us. It is a place that can make us do horrible things if we are not rooted. And our roots come from the vine which gave us life, from the source of all source, from the creator himself, from God.
And it is that root that we obtain all our life. If we allow something to come into the mind and into the heart, the root will be affected, the root can be poisoned, the root can be destroyed and die. And when the root dies so does the life that is within us. To open the root up to destruction is not what we knowingly provide. Hearing is an opening that must be protected. Hearing is a key to the heart. Hearing is a door that the world wants to open and keep open that it may get to the root. Indignance and anger are the fruits of its infection.
The disciples became indignant when they heard. Do you become angry when you hear? Christ came that we may have life and have it more abundantly. He came bringing the love of the father that man may know himself and know who gave him life. He came as a sacrifice for the sins of man. And he gave his life that we may know of his passion for us. Know the root from which you come! Know the life that is given you! See the light of Christ within you and protect the heart from the hearing of indignance. You are the children of God your Father and his love transcends all.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage and then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ. The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
