frustration

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Here's some nice music about wheat that will calm us down if we are frustrated :). (Notice the pretty frets, but don't fret...I would show you a thing.)

Can you think of a time when Jesus was Frustrated? (yes, with a capital F.)
Okay picture it: Jesus is going on a nice boat ride with his 12 disciples, his main guys. He mentions to them,"Be on your guard against the the yeast of the Super Religious People."

It so happened on that nice boat ride day, the 12 guys had forgotten to bring bread and they thought Jesus was giving them a big hint about their mistake. They probably started blaming each other and being bummed.

Then Jesus figures out what they are discussing and gets majorly frustrated with them.

I kind of get why. Sometimes I get exasperated when I realize that people have no clue even about the simplest things of the Bible. And man, lots of people have a good reason not to know anything about the Biblical Holidays or the gospels or the things in Hebrews 6 (just read it).

But Jesus' disciples were being silly. They had just seen Jesus feed 5000 people with 5 loaves of bread. Guys! He's not worried about there not being any picnic lunch. Also these disciples grew up celebrating the Passover every year. I'm sure their moms diligently did their Passover cleaning to remove the house of all dust and dirt just in case it might have the tiniest bit of yeast in it. One of the main themes of Passover is removing the yeast which they had to have known is a symbol of sin. (Hey, Gabe knows it, I asked him today while he ate his pancakes.) (Micah found a long red hair in his and said they weren't cooked enough, frustration? no I'm laughing:).

Anyways, at the end of the story in Mat. 16:5-12, Jesus tells them, "Guys, I meant the teaching of the Super Religious People, which is really just a lot of dead works." (That's my translation.)

Those Super Religious People (Pharisees and Sadducees) taught, "Ya gotta be good. Ya gotta keep the Law. Ya gotta know everything about the Torah (that last one was for me:)"

Jesus was teaching something else. You can't be good, you can't keep the Law, you can't even know very much at all about the Word. He was teaching, "You, my friends, need Me."

So let's let all those little frustrations go. Whether they are with ourselves for dropping hair in the pancakes or with others for complaining about the way they are cooked. Let's keep on loving the way Jesus did and you know what? He will help us and love through us and everything will be alright.

Chapter on Passover coming soon so you can start your cleaning. :)