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Day 3: I am not complete

16 February - Day 3 Mathew 9:14-15 Today I didn't end up waking at 6 am. Woke up at 5:30 am instead and had to cuddle feverish toddler back to sleep, which took an hour after which I fell asleep! Woke up at half past 7 but I didn't reprimand myself and brand myself a failure for having woken up late! (Besides, toddler was still asleep so I figured I had some time, however short). Today's verse was from Mathew 9:14-15 . It's a short one and here's what it said in full: Then John the Baptist's disciples came and asked him, “How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often,  but your disciples do not fast?” Jesus answered,  “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them?  The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast. ------------ Thoughts: I couldn't understand this reading at all at first, so I read it several times... almost like I was trying to learn something by heart. I decided to igno...