by TheRestlessPilgrim | Jun 27, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 14:8 “So she, having been prompted by her mother, said, ‘Give me John the Baptist’s head here on a platter.’ ” It had often marveled me that this young lady would ask for the head of John the Baptist when she had the opportunity to ask for a thousand...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Jun 26, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 14:3 “For Herod had laid hold of John and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife.” For those who will speak the truth and stand for the truth, persecution is inescapable. While John the Baptist had been...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Jun 25, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 13:54-55, 57 “When He had come to His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, ‘Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works? Is this not the carpenter’s son?’…So they were offended at...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Jun 24, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 13:51 “Jesus said to them, ‘Have you understood all these things?’ They said to Him, ‘Yes, Lord.’ ” “Don’t let me go unless I fully understand, Lord. Please don’t let me go.” This is the cry of my heart. Jesus had to use so many illustrations and...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Jun 23, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 13:44 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy, over it, he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.” In this life, there will be the invitation to pursue many different...
