40 days of Reading the Bible by a Clueless, Wandering, Wannabe Christian

17 March, Day 32: John 7:40-53 Well. It's a bit crazy how a month has passed in the blink of an eye... and when I note the day down at the start of every blog, I'm a little bit amazed. Surely, I'm not just 8 days from the end? Checked up on this, and turns out I will finish this blog 6 days before Easter. Did you know that Sundays are not included in the count of 40 days of Lent - I read that each one is treated as a mini-Easter celebrating the death and resurrection of Jesus. Had no idea! Today's verse is from John 7: 40-53 Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and the Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him in?”  “No one ever spoke the way this man does,” the guards replied. Thoughts: In today's verse the people are undecided on who Jesus really is. Some think he is a Prophet, others are sure he is the Messiah, and still others are doubtful about his background and identity. The guards who were sent to arrest him we...

February 21, Day 8: St Luke 11: 29-32 I'll admit I got a bit lazy to write my thoughts down, and other things took priority as I had a writing deadline looming as well. Could have managed my time a little bit better to fit this in, but hoping to catch up real soon. But I find that it almost works better if I wait a day or two before I write. Reading the Bible is pretty intense... they don't seem like words on paper anymore. Because there have been things that have been popping out in the middle of the day when I've been going out my daily things which have surprised me! Little realizations about what I've read. Or ideas that click and fit together when they didn't make sense before. It's changing my behaviour too. For instance: There was an incident when a person said something hurtful (unknowingly) and my first reaction was to say something sarcastic or hurtful in return  - jibe for jibe sort of a thing. But I held back and thought: If this is my re...