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Everyone enjoys a good blanket. I don't know of many people who don't look forward to curling up in their blanket as the evening comes to a close. Some of you might even still use the blanket you had as a child, and you look to Linus from Charlie Brown as a modern day hero. When you jump into bed your normal first reaction is to take your blanket and completely wrap yourself in the blanket. The blanket is covering every inch of your body as you lay there, rested and comfortable. With that image in mind read this verse:

It's interesting how some simple things can impact us so deeply. One of these are words. What are words? Aren't they just letters from an alphabet we made up arranged in a way to make sense to us? But, they are more than that aren't they? A certain arrangement of words have the ability to make your day: "Gosh you look good today!" "I am so proud of you" "You should definitely keep the green hair, it brings out your eyes." However, words have an ability to tear you down for a lifetime: "Your stupid." "There is no WAY you can do this." "You're fat." "You're ugly." This last Sunday I talked about the word of God. Not the written word (The Bible) but His spoken word, and what that has to do with us. This spoken word is God bringing His written word to life through circumstances and decisions he throws into our life. However I left one thing out in our discussion...His word does one more thing. It gives life. It breathes into us and restores us.


God takes these words we created and He breathes life into them with His spirit. He encourages us with them: "I love you...I died for you (John 3:16)." He assures us with them: "Nothing can separate you from my love (Romans 8:38-39). He saves us with them: "It is finished (John 19:30). " Now, what does this have to do with us? We need to understand the power of words. We need to take a lesson out of God's book and learn to only encourage others with our words. We are the body of Christ, and now is the time to start acting like it.

I was reading the story of Jesus being anointed (Mark 14:1-3) and I began to realize two things...this event, this anointing was a BIG deal during Jesus' time. You can look back at the Old Testament and you will see many great men of God being anointed in front of hundreds or even thousands of high up people (priests, levites, etc.). An anointing would also occur in the temple or close to where the ark was being held (see story of Joshua). However, Jesus' anointing took place in a leper's house and he was surrounded by a bunch of nobodies. This doesn't make any sense at first. This is God! There should be an endless crowd of priests and other really religious people. However, this is a sign to us what Jesus is about. Jesus is not about the bells and whistles we care about so many times. Jesus is the epitome of humility. He deserved so much more, but he would not accept it. The second thing I noticed is Jesus is being anointed toward the end of his life. Usually a person is anointed at the beginning of their time as king, or their time as a prophet, or whatever. But if you will notice Jesus life is coming to an end. This is because all Jesus did while he was alive was no where near as important as what he did in his death. That is why he truly came. We serve a humble God, and it is a privlege to serve Him. Let us serve him, and in serving him become more like him.