Day 12 Reflection

At the top of the heading of today's chapter is says "Warnings and Encouragement" for obvious reasons this is quite true. Jesus first starts off talking about protecting your self from the yeast of the Pharisees, and what I think he is really talking about as Christians we need to be careful of ourselves and those within our Christian community that what we say and do among ourselves can often times can cause dived and strife. The things we say and do to fellow Christians can really affect each other, and cause unnecessary scars to possibly those around us and how they view the Christian faith. I know in my life that can be a danger, that when I get tired or frustrated with my friends and co-workers I can easily not be the light of Christ, like we are called to be. Their is a lot of rich stuff in this Chapter, like the parable of the Rich Fool, how our pursuit of things in this world can drive us, when truly we never know when our time on earth is done. How quickly it can be taken away, that is why we want to whole heartily serve the Lord with the time we have here. Also the amount of time that we worry can really take away from our ability to see and enjoy God's blessings on our lives. I love how in v.25 is says "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life" how true and wise that statement is, when often times it is worrying that can take hours of our life away. Let us rest in the arms of our ultimate provider Jesus Christ, who provided his life so that we could have one.