{"id":1310,"date":"2021-09-20T01:12:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T01:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2021-09-18T19:13:33","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T19:13:33","slug":"monday-morning-manna-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/monday-morning-manna-44\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Morning Manna"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday, September 20<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday Morning Manna\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying to Him, \u201cLord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.\u201d\u00a0John 11:23<\/strong><\/p>\n

Are we there yet? Has anyone ever heard those words on a road trip? Anyone ever said those words on a road trip? I know I am guilty of doing both. I can remember taking road trips as a kid and at each pit stop I would ask the question \u2018Are we there yet?\u2019 Now this was before the days of GPS so you had no timer to tell you how much longer before you reach your destination. And during this time travel was pretty rough. Our car had no a\/c, only FM\/AM radio, no electronics which means no YouTube to keep you occupied or GPS to see how much longer before you arrived. When I read today’s verse, I can relate to Mary questioning the time it took Jesus to arrive at her home. She may have asked the question many times that evening \u2013 Is He (Jesus) here yet?<\/p>\n

Have you ever wondered about God\u2019s timing? You\u2019re not alone. We read today some of Jesus\u2019 close friends did, too. When Lazarus became deathly ill, his sisters, Mary and Martha, asked Jesus for help. Jesus’ journey to Mary was a long one. In fact, she said if only you were here this would not have happened, what took you so long? They knew Jesus’ ministry was growing, in fact His current travel was a part of this growing ministry. But Jesus didn\u2019t show up. Two days later when He arrived, it was too late. Lazarus was dead.<\/p>\n

Maybe you too have questioned Jesus\u2019 timing. The trouble you are in you need a response from God NOW! You knew exactly when He needed to show up and what He needed to do, but it didn\u2019t work out the way you had planned. Today\u2019s account reminds us that even when we don\u2019t understand, He can be trusted.<\/p>\n

Isaiah 55:8\u20139 says, \u201c\u2018For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,\u2019 declares the Lord. \u2018As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Today you may not understand the delay or the move of God, but I encourage you to keep trusting, believing and holding on. God is still in control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Monday, September 20 Monday Morning Manna\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying to Him, \u201cLord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.\u201d\u00a0John 11:23 Are we there yet? Has anyone ever heard those words on a road trip? Anyone ever said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1310"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1311,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310\/revisions\/1311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}