Sunday, February 28

Hello again. It's only 10:20, but for some reason I'm so tired. So, here we go to the Bible.

Reading for February 28
Leviticus 22:17-23:44
God announces feasts.

There is really nothing that stands out to me in this section of text. This is all about appointed days that God would like his people to honor him by taking off of work, and offering up sacrifices. Also, July seems like a particularly favorable month to God - there are quite a few days in July that God set aside for his people...

Mark 9:30-10:12
Jesus the feminist

OK, that title may be a little bit of an exaggeration, but he does say something interesting in contrast with the Old Testament here:

 ⁴They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away."
 ⁵"It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law," Jesus replied. ⁶"But at the beginning of creation God 'made them male and female.'^{[d] 7}'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,^{[e] 8}and the two will become one flesh.'^[f] So they are no longer two, but one. ⁹Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate."

In the Old Testament, women did not have any rights, but now Jesus is saying that men can't just leave their wife whenever they feel like it, which I think is great! To see god favoring one gender over another is just frustrating, but Jesus correcting that makes it somewhat better, I think.

Psalm 44:1-8

 ⁶ I do not trust in my bow,
       my sword does not bring me victory;
 ⁷ but you give us victory over our enemies,
       you put our adversaries to shame.

I like this as well. Don't trust yourself, only God. 


Proverbs 10:19
Wise words, son. Wise words.

 ¹⁹ When words are many, sin is not absent,
       but he who holds his tongue is wise. 

OK, mad tired. night. Love.