I do a daily devotional from a book called "Sparkling Gems from the Greek." It is a book written by a man who has studied Greek, and each day there is one or two verses that he analyzes. He gives context to the verse and gives a better translation of it. Since Easter is usually in April, the author devoted that whole month to studying verses about what went on between the Final Supper and the Resurrection. This week it specifically looks at what Jesus went through before going to the cross. I didn't realize exactly what he went through, and the more I thought about it the more it amazed me, and that's what I want to share with you this week.
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I was in a Bible study this past week, and in it we were talking about John 18. This passage is about when Jesus is arrested. In the verses, Judas has brought a small army of Roman soldiers and temple police (between 300 and 600 men!) to arrest Jesus. In these verses, Jesus comes up to the soldiers and asks, "Who are you looking for?" They tell him they are looking for Jesus of Nazareth. To this, Jesus responds and says "I AM." This causes the entire army to literally fall to the ground! (verse 6)
Another month has gone by. What a crazy month it's been! It seems the days are going faster and faster. Hopefully someday it slows down and I can catch up with everything! Now that March is over and April has begun, I'm shifting my focus to a new goal. But first, I'm going to review how I did last month.
This past week was spring break for me. And I found it was possibly the most busy I've been during spring break ever. It was my first spring break with a job, which obviously was a major thing. I had to write my blog post and make my weekly drum cover. But then I had other things come up last minute that I had to take care of, extra things. And of course, Friday was Good Friday, so I had that service to be at. Overall, looking back on my week I found that I had been very busy! But was it TOO busy?
Have you ever broken a rule and felt justified because you didn't necessarily agree with or understand the rule? I have. In fact, it was just this past week. But as I was thinking about things in my life that I needed to change, this is what came to mind, and I knew it needed to be fixed.
Today, I want to share a post of my favorite songs I heard on the radio last year. These are all songs that I had not heard before, so if there is something you loved but isn't on this list, that's probably why! So let's get started. Here are my Top 10 Christian Radio Songs of 2015!
I think monthly goals posts is going to become an ongoing series. There are plenty of things I need to work on and posting them is a good way to make sure they get done!
This week, I looked back at my blogging history (44 posts!), I realized that I have really come a long way since I started, and I've learned a lot! Today, I want to share some of these things with you. So, here are 4 things I've learned from blogging!
A few days ago, I was in the basement working on my drumming. I was playing a particularly hard song that I had been working on for a while. And I had finally figured it out! I could play the song. I was so proud of myself and happy! But... was I forgetting something?
This hasn't been the greatest week for me. Almost every day this week I felt upset, sometimes for no good reason. And when I feel upset, it's easy for me to start thinking about all the bad things in life, and all the times I've messed up, and all the reasons people don't like me. The latter has especially hit me hard this week.
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