Will you follow Jesus? Will you?‏

^{Read Mark ,chapter  8:}

^{Mark 8:31} He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again.

Some say that there are two miracles in Mark 8: one is the feeding of the four thousand and Peter’s testimony that Jesus is the messiah. There is also the opening of the eyes of the blind man and another that you might miss: Jesus challenges the disciples to begin to think in spiritual terms. He challenges Peter to stop thinking in his ordinary ways but to be open to the life that Jesus has promised. That includes going through suffering and the cross for the joy of the resurrection to come.

In the season of Lent we hope to grow in God’s Word through study, prayer and witness in the name of Jesus. May the Spirit of Christ open your heart and mind to grow in faith and knowledge of the Holy One.

Amen.