It Belongs To Them Lets Give It Back

So to start this blog i wanted to say that I am really sorry that I have not been posting as of late. I have had things that I have wanted to say, but unfortunately never got around to posting anything.

On to the actual blog, I really want to talk about school and God and you know the normal stuff.

I have started  my 2nd semester as a sophomore and am loving it. I believe this is because I have finally settled into a major that I know that I can enjoy and actually do something with after all is said and done. I know that it sounds weird and all but i can actually see where I’m going in all of this.

Does this mean i have life figured out and everything is just peachy?? By far i would say no!

I will say this, i have been teaching through John 11 in my prayer group the past couple weeks and something hit me that I am going to share with everyone

Well first let me set it up with the actual verses:

³⁸Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance. ³⁹“Take away the stone,” he said.
“But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.”⁴⁰Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”

So many who read my blog have most likely heard this verse a lot over the years. But something struck me as I was going through it this time. Now this is my own personal interpretation to the verse so dont kill me over it. But hopefully you will get something out of it as well.

So here is what caught my eyes. I started reading and Jesus said “Take away the stone” and then Martha runs up and says, “Jesus, he has been dead 4 days and stinks”

This struck me. How many times in my life has Jesus said “Take away the stone” and I said “Hey, hold up there Jesus. I know whats behind that stone and i know it smells. Its really bad behind there and you aren’t going to like it”

Of course than Jesus comes back and says “Why don’t you believe in me? If you believe you will see the Glory of God”

And of course we know how the story ends. Lazarus gets raised from the dead.

So now you are asking, hey andrew what are you trying to talk about here. Well I am trying to say that I’m sick of hiding stuff behind the stones of life. I’m ready to remove the stones and let God raise things I never thought could be raised.

Hopefully you will get the same thing out of it, and if not at least now you know where I stand on the matter

Thanks for reading, and i will try to write more as the semester goes on.

Th3rd