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Wild Honey

Posted in Benefits, Decisions, Devotion, Difficulties, Explanations, Faith, In Christ, John The Baptist, tagged , on January 31, 2012| 1 Comment »

“John (the Baptist) wore a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey” — Matthew 3:4.

A former beekeeper, myself, I know bees don’t take kindly to being robbed. We wore special clothing and took special precautions to avoid being stung — but John ate wild honey. He would just reach in and get some! Why?

Evidently he valued the taste of honey more than the sting.

Now let’s focus on a passage from Saint Paul:

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.” — 2nd Corinthians 4:7-10

For the Apostle, following Christ sometimes stung — troubled, perplexed, persecuted, cast down. Yet he kept at it! Why?

Evidently he valued the taste of Christ more than the sting.

There is sweetness in Christ found nowhere else that, once tasted, causes some to value it more than anything else. That’s what we have — Wild Honey, and it’s great!!

— fritz

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How Did She Do That?

Posted in Assurance, Bible Characters, Christ, Devotion, tagged , on May 8, 2011| Leave a Comment »

And, behold, a woman  .. stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. – Luke 7:38

Ancient Roman Tear Bottle

Washing Jesus feet behind him may not have been a problem, they often ate while reclining as pictured above, but how did this woman wash Jesus’ feet with her tears?

I don’t believe a person could cry so much so quickly that they could wash someone’s feet with those tears! Instead, I think this passage indicates another cultural detail we know little about – Tear Bottles.

They are first alluded to in Psalms 56:8, where David asks to have his tears put in God’s bottle, and they have been discovered by archeologist. These bottles contained every tear its owner ever shed. Every deep emotion was represented by those tears.

I think the Bible is indicating this woman loved Jesus so much she poured her entire emotional history on Jesus feet and wiped them away.

Prayer: Jesus don’t just come for a visit, take my whole heart and desires. Amen!
Sound bite: Many invite Jesus to visit, but what do we do with our hearts?

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