Thoughts for the Day:
In this passage, Jesus once again challenges the powers that be and the way people thought.
In the illustration of the wedding feast, which person are you more like...the one who takes the place of honor or the one who takes the lowest place? How would your family, friends, and neighbors answer this question about you?
What would happen in your life if you spent more time humbling yourself, rather than exalting yourself?
Look at verses 13-14. What do you spend more time pursuing: repayment from your friends or blessing from God?
Fasting Update:
I keep thinking about where I'm going to eat out after my 40 day fast is over. I'm torn between going somewhere fancy-pants (like maybe the new "Melting Pot" restaurant in Hickory)...or just going out for some good old fashioned fast food like "Wendy's". You know how I like them french fries!
Hopefully, we long for the true meaning of Easter as much as we long for our fasts to be over. Until then, keep your eyes on the man hanging from the cross...so that on Easter Sunday you will truly appreciate the empty cross and the empty tomb!
Have a great day!
-Kelly

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