I am a Warrior

Good morning, This morning I couldn't seem to keep my eyes open during the devotional time. My eyes were like the polar opposite sides of a magnet and continued to slam shut at any direction I moved. This meant that I read through the chapter 2 times to ensure that I had retained the true meaning and not the meaning that I had begun to dream.
As I travel with Mom's Toolbox through the Gospel I learn more and more about Jesus and his time spent on earth. And every day I feel like I need to spend more time on each chapter reading the commentary using the concordance and hearing these events from everyones perspective. These are the times it would be nice if we could all sit down and discuss the chapters, interrupting, disagreeing and learning from one another. (yes, I did say interrupt. Thats how I talk, I try not to but sometimes questions just seem to fall out.)

Using the S.O.A.P Method for Matthew Chapter 10 I was struck by verse 34 both times I read it this morning.

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Matthew 10:34 Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword,
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 Jesus is a warrior! The supreme fighter sent to free us of our bondage. He was not a meek kitten who taught with a mild voice about the changes that needed to be made. Rather he is a ferocious Lion that challenged the people in authority and roared about the changes that needed to be made. Through this he challenges our views and opinions.
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 I can be me?  A fighter for justice? A fighter really? To be more like Jesus does not mean changing the fire I have raging inside of me but re-directing and stoking the fire with his truth. Really? I am still shocked that I can remain me with Jesus, The loud, opinionated woman I am can remain as she is if Jesus is on her side? Praise Jesus, because I have tried the meek kitten and she does not work, she is more awkward than any bull in a china shop.
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Thank you Jesus for coming to be a warrior for God and the people. I pray to be more like you, to know how to be  more effective in my challenges to other people. That I can share you and be the warrior and that it doesn't matter if I am not liked (that I know it doesn't matter) but that if I have shared you with People then I am loved by you.  Dear God please form and shape this warrior with the courage and strength I currently do not have.

Matthew 8 BTG

Good Sunday Morning! I have completed 1 week with Amy over at Mom's Toolbox blogging through the gospel. It has been fun doing this and sharing what normal goes in my notebook and is hidden from the public. Today the S.O.A.P was on Matthew 8

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Matthew 8:22 (NIV) But Jesus told him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own."

O> The things that we think are uber important are really not that important when it comes time to follow Jesus.

A> This is easy to put our own desires and to do lists ahead of God. The day can be jam packed with things to do, places to be, projects to complete and phone calls to make. The day will rush on and I miss the little Jesus paths that could have been traveled on. Really who knows what I am missing, God could have had a treasure chest planned at the end of anyone of those paths.

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Thank you for another wonderful Sunday, The blessings in my life are more than I can count and I remain thankful for all. I pray that I will recognize a God Path when it comes and that I would have faith to follow. Thank you for all the treasures you have given me in the past. Amen

Thank you for walking down this Path with me today, I pray that your God Paths are noticeable for you and that you chose to follow them.

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Penny Lane