SOAP

Genesis 33-35
Matthew 10:1-20

S: Matthew 10:14
If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.
When I was reading this I was thinking if Jesus meant for them to dust their feet off as being disrespectful as they probably felt disrespected, or if they used it as their way to just move on with the fact that the people had not listened when they came. And in the passage in verse 16 where it says "...be as shred as snakes and as innocent as doves" so i was feeling like it could go either way. But they were doing it to leave the town as it was before they had come, to leave it without the blessings they were brought with, that's what brynne and adam explained to me. It made me think, if only they had welcomed the disciples and merely listened to their words they would have been blessed. But they missed out on that opportunity. I wonder how many times people try to bless us and we aren't paying attention or aren't being caring and we miss out on God's grace. That made me sad.

I pray that we will have open ears and hearts for people. I also pray that we can recieve your blessings and be willing to listen and welcome and be patient with people. Amen.