Thursday, November 7, 2024

Nursing a grudge?

Mark 6:17 " For Herord himself had given orders to have John arrested, and he had him bound and put in prison.  He did this because of Herodias, his brother Philips's wife, whom he had married. 18 For John had been saying to Herord, "It is not lawful for you to have your brothers wife."   19 So Herodias nursed a grudges against John and wanted to kill him.  But she was not able to."      “Nursed a grudge…… and wanted to kill him”, these are intense feelings    She “nursed” a grudge and it turned into such hate she wanted to kill.   In fact she was the one in the wrong by being with Herod in the first place.   When I was drinking and someone pointed out my issue with alcohol I would get so mad at them.   I protected my sin with everything.    I look back at that now and see how crazy it was.    I nursed a love affair with alcohol even though it destroyed everything that was good in my life.    In this Bible account Heridias daughter could have been given up to half Herods kingdom.  But because of Heridias hate toward John, she had her daughter chose John’s head on a platter over all th possible good things she could have had.    That’s what nursing a grudge gets us.   

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