Mark 9:23-24 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. And straightway, the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
As the old saying goes, we learn something new every day. Not being a deep reader of the Bible (I simply have favorite Bible passages), I learned just this morning that those two passages, my favorites by the by, run consecutively in the Bible.
I never knew that.
From the time I first connected with it, I have loved Mark 9:23, all things are possible to them that believe, and for whatever reasons, that phrase seems to show up on really important days or events in my life.
Then Mark 9:24 just seems to put the period to the sentence for me. I do believe, I do, I do, my heart cries, even as my brain, my body, my hands and my feet reach for yet another self-willed fix or treat or ego-pleaser.
Here again, for whatever reason, help me mine unbelief tells me God's okay with "mine unbelief." By "okay," I mean he doesn't hold it against us...but we do. There's our very own problem...doing God's thinking for him.
He is there for us. That's how all things are possible to those who believe...God loves us, intervenes in our life in our behalf always and all ways.
Whoa...BFO: If all things are possible to us if we believe, then all things are possible to us whether we believe or not. Get grateful. Get grateful for something we really, really do not like, do not want, or seriously fear...get grateful. That's just giving God a chance to do his thing. Let him.
Thank you.
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