Fast Fridays: 30 Minutes for God: Difference between revisions
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How we separate ourselves from childhood when we sin, as if we are the Father. | How we separate ourselves from childhood when we sin, as if we are the Father. | ||
=== scripture to consider === | |||
We have been discussing Matthew 11:25 and the confirmation bias of the pharisees that led them, even though "wise and learned" to hide God from themselves. God does not hide things from us: instead, what we don't see is hidden, hidden by our concupiscence and biases | |||
** The easiest example in scripture is when the pharisees see a plain miracle by Jesus and then complain he did it on the sabbath, as in | |||
*** [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/12?2 Matthew 12:2], [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/mark/3?2 Mark 3:2], | |||
** the Apostles, too, are blind to the Lord before them | |||
* But the Lord himself warns us directly about not seeing him. In the "Judgment of the Nations ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/25?42 Mt 25:42]) | |||
<blockquote>For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, | |||
a stranger and you gave me no welcome, naked and you gave me no clothing, ill and in prison, and you did not care for me</blockquote> | |||
== Friday, Aug 2: "Childlike" (Matthew 11:25) == | == Friday, Aug 2: "Childlike" (Matthew 11:25) == | ||