Give me my daily cake!!!

Here's a list of some thoughts!

God, my Father:
I love that Bailey spent time looking the significance and meaning of Father and how it was used in this context. God having attributes that could be classified as those of a Father can put him in a box of our human understanding. Looking to Jesus in the way he describes God gives us insight to see that our God is much more than a father in the sense that we know. DJ's sermon series, The Parables of Jesus is playing in my head. After looking at the culturally defiant acts of the father of this story to run to the son and kiss the son and escort the son back into the city, DJ proposes that the "parable of the prodigal son/sons" should rather be called the "parable of the prodigal Father." This scandalous love displayed by the Father in this story (and that we see in many times throughout the bible) is, I think, one of the attributes we recognize when praying through the Lord's prayer.

Also, can't skip page 112!!! At the end of the summary there is a little nugget that I liked: "As noted, the ancient rabbis are reported to have stood in silence for a full hour before they prayed the Tefillah (the eighteen prayers). With them, some quietness before God could well prepare us to pray these profound words."  A good reminder to spend some time listening!

The Kingdom!!!
"We live our daily lives in the creative tension between these two life-affirming realities" (118).
This tension is so familiar!!! We witness the kingdom coming in such unique, incredible ways on the water, but also being quenched by earthly sin that "interrupts the flow of God's desire for good for all people." This tension is frustrating! But thank you Jesus that we don't have to live in this tension forever!!

But I wanted cake!
We pray for bread, not cake. All we want and all we need is found in Jesus and only in Jesus. As much as I want all the cake, it is important to remember that praying for daily bread means submitting to rely on Jesus and only Jesus (not cake) to sustain me!

Stoked to read about some Jesus drama in this next section!

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