March 2010
6 posts
“Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray to the Lord, my soul to keep. If I happen to...”
Triumph
During Jesus’ time, the Romans occupying Israel had specific steps that a new emperor would take during his coronation, called the Emperor’s Triumph. In Mark 15, the story of Jesus’ crucifixion is told to us in a way that is directly reflective of the Triumph. The Triumph was a symbol of how the Roman emperor was sent and ordained by the Roman gods. Mark wrote his gospel directed to an audience of...
Remembering
Dried leaves dance lazily over the lonely grave in the forgotten cemetery. It has been ages since anyone visited it. Years since there was any upkeep. Now the weeds run rampant and the inscription on the tombstone has faded almost to the point of illegibility.
“We’ll visit you always,” his loving family once gasped from their tear choked throats. But the visits quickly became fewer and fewer, and...
Thoughts From Far Above the Ground
(Originally written 03/12/10)
I’m in an airplane right now. Sandwiched between a rather large man and a girl that is nothing short of catatonic. I know that most of the postings on here are much more creative than this and are worded much prettier, but I just feel like I need to say some things. I just finished reading part of this book that my friend, Blaylock, lent me. It’s called...
The Cross
As this is Lent time, I’ve been thinking a lot about the Crucifixion. I’ve been reading this devotional online and it’s really made me think. It’s incredible what Jesus did for us on the cross. It’s easy to just say that and walk away, but really think about it. Jesus was blameless. Spotless. But for our sake he didn’t just become a sinner on the cross,...
The Land of the Lost
We live in a fallen world. People are screwed up. Depraved. Broken. And I wish I could separate myself from it, from them. But we all know that we fall into. If you don’t know that, then you’re in it even deeper than the rest. If I could stand up and say that it’s just them and not me, then I could turn my back on this world. Leave. Forget the decrepit waste that is the human...
