verseoftheday

And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets. And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him. Mark 1:19-20 ESV What is it that Jesus "saw" in these guys? He's wandering down the beach where the fishermen are and just "sees" that THESE are the guys who could turn the world upside down. These guys who were still working for their Dad in their family fishing early. They just happen to be on the same beach at the same time as the first two... Or is what Jesus was looking for in each of us? He's called you and me. Sometimes I'm still hanging on to my net. Don't want to go all in with Jesus. Maybe that's what he saw... ordinary people prepared to go all in. Prepared to leave their nets. He's calling. Am I prepared to leave my net? #gospelofmark #ordinarypeople #allin

Luke 2 NLT ...All returned to their own ancestral towns to register for this census...He took with him Mary, his fiancée, who was now obviously pregnant. All of Joseph's family would have been in town. This was where he came from, and everyone returned home for the census. So how come there was no where for Joseph and Mary? Was the shame of being pregnant and not married so great? Seems that it was. Jesus rejected even before he was born... #christmas #ordinarypeople #roadtrip #rejection #love

Luke 2 NLT ...All returned to their own ancestral towns to register for this census...He (Joseph) traveled there from the village of Nazareth in Galilee. He took with him Mary, his fiancée, who was now obviously pregnant. Ordinary people. Joseph and Mary were ordinary everyday people, just doing what needed to be done...heading back to Josephs hometown...families getting together, catching up...meeting the new girlfriend...ordinary people - not too different from us- with an extraordinary gift. #ordinarypeople #roadtrip #sharethatgift