Day 30 4/21

My prayers today...

-for energy and contentment with time in getting projects done around house, there is no hurry

- praise for how good friends my kids are to each other, I pray that they are like that forever, it brings me so much joy to watch

- love, kind words, encouragement between Mark and I because we have been super tired lately and busy, just kind of surviving the busyness of life and going through the motions

-------Wanted to focus my reading of the Word on the Lord's Supper for Maundy Thursday (not sure if I spelled that right)

Read through different Gospel accounts and wrote down what stuck out from them...

- Mark 14:21-31  Never paid attention to the fact that they sung a hymn after the meal (v.26). Thought that was really cool. Maybe this was something traditional with the Passover meal. I am not sure. I may look in to that. Something about grown men singing has always moved me.

- Matt 26:17-35  v. 30 notes them singing a hymn also. Tells Judas he will betray Him. Before the meal, Judas had really already betrayed Him by accepting money to help them find Him. Interesting Judas said "surely not I" after Jesus tells them one of them would betray Him.

- Luke 22:7-38  Baffles me that the disciples, after Jesus told them about the bread and wine representing His sacrificial body, could start arguing about who will be the greatest among them. I don't get how they could have been so close to Jesus and act like this in front of Him after Jesus had just told them He was going to die soon, their beloved friend, teacher and Savior. Also thought it was interesting Jesus told them to buy swords and that He prayed for Simon's faith not to fail. It does say though, "and when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers." So maybe Jesus was praying for after Peter denies Him, He hopes that he doesn't dwell in his sorrow and guilt, but he be strong once again in his faith because his buddies are going to need the accountability and encouragement.

- John 13:1-30  "He now showed them the full extent of His love" stuck out to me for some reason. John is also the only one to mention, I think, the washing of the feet. Jesus washed all of their feet, even Judas and Peter.  That is such a humbling act to carry out, usually done by the servants.

Satan entering Judas during the meal is definitely something else that sticks out to me. Did he have to give him permission to take over his heart or did he just take it? There's a reason Satan was so close I guess. No doubt spiritual warfare had to have been at a record high while Jesus walked the earth. I also never knew Judas left during the meal.