Learning, Yearning, and Journeying...?

I’ve been meaning to post some things on here earlier, but I keep putting it off.  Anyway, here’s what’s been sticking out a lot as I’m going through Mark.

First off, in Mark 3:31-35, it says:

 And his mother and hisbrothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him. And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers are outside, seeking you.” And he answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!  For whoeverdoes the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.”

I’ll be honest.  This has always kind of upset me.  I always think, “Wow, that’s kind of rude.”  I’ve thought that for years, and I still thought it when I read it this time.  However, Alyssa brought up something.  She was talking about being a missionary in East Asia and how her parents would want her to be closer and stuff, but she knows that doing the will of God is more important than her family.  Kind of a harsh truth, but still very true.  This really helped me understand Mark 3:31-35.  Jesus was doing things for God, so that’s the priority.  I’m not quite sure if I worded all that correctly, but it really helped me see what Jesus was saying.

Another thing that I found interesting was in Mark 6:48-50:

And he saw that they were making headway painfully, for the wind was against them. And about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. He meant to pass by them, but when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost, and cried out, for they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them and said,  “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.”

I thought this was sweet.  You see, I always thought Jesus was trying to freak them out, but apparently, He was planning on just passing by.  Now I’m kinda stretching a life application from this, but I think it’s cool: I think a lot of times, we freak out about something going on, whether it be good or bad.  For me, it’s typically bad, like stressing out about something.  But Jesus is just like, “Hey, don’t worry.  It’s just me working on you and making you better.”  Because when Peter saw Him, Jesus was saying, “Trust me on this.  I’ll take care of you and this is going to be totally awesome if you have faith in me.”  Through this experience, Peter’s faith probably grew quite a bit.  Once again, I probably sucked at the wording on this, so forgive me.

That’s about it for right now.  By the way, some side notes…

Would Jesus be a flirt?  Heck no. / I feel like we all doubt way too much, whether we know it or not. / I don’t think we trust God as much as we say or think we do.  At all.