Day 1, this is gonna be fun... That rhymed

So I have started a few blogs in the past but nothing major, I wanna see where God takes this, but I figure its worth a shot.

I often looked at a daily devotion as something that did not HAVE to be done. I thought going to action on Mondays, Going to class day on Tuesdays, youth group on Thursdays and Church on Sundays was enough. Let me tell you all, I was completely wrong.

Ever sens I started doing something daily for God, I feel like I am constantly making great leaps in areas I thought was no possible. I see now that there is nothing like diving into the word of God. This does not mean all my problems are gone, nor does this change who I am in all ways, I just see what God is doing, and I am very excited for it. So here it goes, day 1, some thoughts about Matthew.

You see, Matthew in many cases can be overlooked, it can be viewed as "The Story of Jesus" which is completely true, but there is much more to it then that. I found myself in many cases zoning out because "I knew the story". It is true, If you go to church, you have heard the story of Jesus's birth, death and resurrection over and over again. And yes, it becomes very.... ordinary after a while, but when you think about it, when was the last time someone died and came back to life.... you know? It's kinda this crazy one time thing that most likely wont happen again.

So now we have touched on the "Jesus Story," time to move on. One thing that struck me during my reading is, how much we are like Jesus's disciples. You see, Matthew 14:13 is the story of how Jesus fed the 5,000, however, what many people either don't know or don't pay attention to is, the next page (Matt 15:29) Jesus does almost the exact same thing, he feeds 4,000 with almost the exact same amount of food.

When it comes to our every day lives, we are just as doubting as the disciples, and we probably complain more. But Jesus did many more wonderful miracles and I challenge you to pick up your bible and look into it for yourself. I am still getting used to the "blog" thing and hope to do better tomorrow. Hopefully I will see you all then, this was day one.... thank you for putting up with me :)