Mark Chapter 4

3/22/2011

Mark Chapter 4

My son got a new cell phone. It is a smart phone, and I am not ashamed to admit it is too smart for me.

(He has a job and it is his own money)

As I was contemplating my blog for tonight, he was chattering about the coolness of his new toy. He was speaking in a language foreign to me and it did not take long for it to become apparent to him that he did not have my full attention.

(As a side note, in my defense I just don’t get as excited as most people do about electronic things. I am perfectly content with my prepaid cell phone that I finally learned how to send a text from. It does not have a camera, no internet, no music, no GPS, no maps, I cannot update the world with my location, I cannot pay bills with it, buy dinner from it, watch TV on it, it cannot drive my car for me, does not do the dishes; I think it just makes phone calls, which I don’t do because it is prepaid, and it sends/receives texts. Perhaps if I HAD a fancy phone reminiscent of James Bond movies I might get more excited, but lacking the desire to purchase such a thing decreases the likeliness of that actually happening.)

At any rate, he is my son and he was excited to share with me. I should have given him my full attention. Though electronics do not excite me, my CHILDREN do. And I need to remember that it is more important that they always know and feel how worthy of my time they are and will always be.

I am so thankful that God, my Father, is never too preoccupied to let me share with Him.

I apologized and told him I was preoccupied with what I should blog about for today.

That reminded him of the latest ‘app’ he had gotten. He grinned from ear to ear and showed me that he now had the entire Bible (in every translation) with him at all times and with the touch of his finger, he could read any translation, any book, any chapter, and any verse. Now THAT was a language I could understand.

He showed me how easy it was to use.

He picked Bible, then picked The Message (his favorite version), scrolled down the page and randomly picked Mark. He was as excited as I was; he then picked Chapter 4. It was random but I do not believe anything happens randomly.

I was able to give him the love and attention I should have been giving him from the beginning and we played with his new phone for a bit.

When we were done, I told him I would blog about him and about Mark Chapter 4. To which he grinned and asked one simple request, that I not use his name.

God has blessed me with three of the most amazing people on the planet to call my children. I am so thankful He trusted me with them.

Father, I pray You condition me to be like the seed sown on good soil producing a crop a hundred times what was sown.

I pray You will let me not see, but perceive. I pray that You will let me not hear, but understand.

I pray that what is hidden be disclosed, what is concealed be brought out into the open.

I pray that You turn me from myself, and keep me from myself.

I pray You filter what I hear.

I pray my measure is generous.

Though man may not know how the seed grows and sprouts, I know it is only through You, creator of all things, that all life may sustain.

It is only by Your will that I may grow or sprout. I pray You produce in me good fruit. I pray You will fortify my roots, strengthen my stalk, and empower my head against evil, so that my kernel may bloom for Your glory and to Your praise.

I pray You plant in me a mustard seed, that I might sprout to great heights for Your kingdom, providing both rest and shade as You ordain. I pray You make me obedient, that I might become Your faithful servant.

I pray that when my storms come You remind me that Jesus is in the boat with me. I pray You instill faith deep in me, that You remove fear from my language and my emotions, and that You silence me that I may ‘be still’ and know You are God. For even the wind and the waves obey Your command.

I am blessed beyond measure.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior.

1 Corinthians 10:31(KJV) …whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God!

Be blessed and know that Jesus ADORES you! And so do I!