Mark 1:1-13

Monday, March 10
Genesis 37:1-11
Psalms 41, 44, 52
1 Corinthians 1:1-19
Mark 1:1-13

Mark 1:1-13, from “The Message,” by Eugene H. Peterson:

John the Baptizer appeared in the wild, preaching a baptism of life-change that leads to forgiveness of sins…. John wore a camel-hair habit, tied at the waist with a leather belt. He ate locusts and wild field honey. As he preached he said, “The real action comes next: The star in this drama, to whom I’m a mere stagehand, will change your life. I’m baptizing you here in the river, turning your old life in for a kingdom life. His baptism – a holy baptism by the Holy Spirit – will change you from the inside out.”

I love this especially from “The Message” John “I’m a mere stagehand.... His baptism will change you from the inside out.” How many times I have asked Jesus to heal someone or help someone and I fail to see it is me who needs to change from the inside out. It is so much harder to see ourselves and so important!

During this lent, let us delve deeper into our being and in so doing learn to be brighter for all others.

Lynn Mather