February 6th: Exodus 13-14, Psalm 68 and Mark 2

Three things:

Imagine getting used to a massive cloud or a pillar of fire that went ahead of you and showed you where to go.  Those crazy Israelites, how silly are they?  Now imagine, getting used to having the body of Christ always around you or a leather bound edition filled with God's Words... oh... wait...

Psalm 68:21.  Funny phrasing:  "But God will strike the heads of his enemies, the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways."  ... Hairy Crown?  Really?  

In Mark 2, Jesus is accused of hanging out with the "sinners and tax collectors."  Apparently back in the original '30s that was social suicide. Similar to admitting a love for the band Creed. Horrible bands aside, Jesus was revolutionary in his love.  He went outside the norms, outside the standards. He loved the overlooked.  He loved the people that needed it the most.  People shunned by the church.  I wonder who those people are for me.