Luke 20 and Update B

oops sorry that previous post was the original draft... for some reason my updated one didn't post. Anyway, here is my updated version! some extra reading if you'd like haha.


Hey LG!

Sorry for the late post. A quick update on my break - I got some time off to spend back in Canton with my family. We hung out, ate, watched more movies than I remember...nothing special, but it's something we do every holiday. Honestly I could not think of anything to summarize or make sense of for my break until tonight, when my roommates and I shared updates with each other over dinner. I'm always pretty bad at reflecting and piecing together dots, so I'm very thankful for tonight.

One thing I'm learning about myself is that I'm much slower at learning lessons than most. I say this relative to my peers. One of my biggest insecurities is being left behind in the dust because I'm not growing or learning things fast enough - "fast enough" being a standard determined by my peers around me. So this break I felt like God was continuing His work in my family of pulling me away from my idolizing of them - something many of my friends had seemed to learn a while ago. Long story short, it made me live in ignorance of how much God is really doing right now in my family (who are all not Christian). Anyway, I don't want to go too much in detail and write a novel so ask me in person and I'll share more with you :)

My assigned chapter was Luke 20. In "the resurrection and marriage," Jesus explains along the lines of how, in our lives right now, there is marriage, but after death it will not exist. I remember hearing that the purpose of marriage is to, to an extent, replicate the relationship God wants with us. But as humans, no matter how much time you spend with another person, you can only get to know a person so well. There will always be that blockage... it's almost like this is the best we can do. It doesn't even come close to the actual relationship God that should be perfect. But when we are with Him in heaven, there won't be a need for marriage anymore because we will actually be with God. Just my take on this part of the passage that for some reason stuck out to me.. don't worry, my mind has not been dwelling extensively on this topic :P

See you guys soon!
Jessica