dual personalities

Over the past two years, many of my blog posts have remarked on the way things in the world just keep getting worse. Sure, I can live my life mostly like normal because I am privileged enough to go to the grocery store or the gas station without really having to change the way I live. Like many, I can block it all out by insulating myself in a bubble. And I do most weekends. And then Monday morning gives new meaning to a classic Liz Lemon gif.

Well, in a move that the guys at Mockingbird would be jealous of, I am now going to transition from a Liz Lemon gif to talking about Jesus and the Bible. Like my mother, I have also been doing a “read the Bible in a year” plan (we are not doing the same plan and so are rarely in the same place). I’m clearly in the middle of John (and Kings).

Anyway, I highly recommend starting a plan and sticking to it. It is incredibly interesting to read the Bible page by page and it is incredibly meaningful as well. And so, in these ever darkening times, I find that I have no choice but to turn to Jesus.

“Truly, truly I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the son of man will give to you. For on him, God the Father has set his seal. [John 6:25-27]

“Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life, whoever comes to me shall not hunger and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.'” [John 6:35]

“It is the Spirit who gives life, the flesh is no help at all. The words I have spoken to you are spirt and life.” [John 6:63]

“Jesus said to them, ‘My time has not yet come, but your time is always here. The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil.'” [John 7:6-7]

“Jesus said to them, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.'” [John 8:12]

“The light shines in the darkness and the darkness shall not overcome it.” [John 1:5]

And just because this usually makes me feel better, enjoy Crowder.