Luke Chapter 23

Happy New Year! I’m grateful to have spent the holidays with family and friends in Florida. I usually only take off 4 days or so during the holidays, but this year I was able to spend almost two weeks away which was nice and much-needed. This gave me enough time for my annual reunion lunch with friends from high school as well as some time with my parents and sister. I also attended the Outback Bowl which was held in Tampa this year so it was great to bring some of Ann Arbor home with me. As for our group readings, I have Luke Chapter 23 which chronicles Jesus’ trial, crucifixion and burial. Even though I know how the story ends, and it is a necessary end, it always saddens me to read how little evidence was required to crucify Jesus. On top of that, the fact that people were so eager to see him die that they would rather have a murderer go free is equally sad. To apply this to life, I definitely struggle with trusting God at times which in a way is putting him on trial. Even though I have plenty of evidence of his faithfulness, I am too quick to doubt Him and think he is responsible for wrongdoing (read: things that aren’t going the way that I want.) Similarly, choosing things that are not from God whether it is wrong behavior or mindsets is a betrayal of what I know to be true which is not that different from the attitude of the people who turned their back on Jesus in exchange for freeing a murderer. I hope to continue to grow in my faith this year and more easily identify those instances where I am choosing not to believe the truth. See you Wednesday!