{"id":151,"date":"2017-08-29T15:02:01","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T15:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=151"},"modified":"2019-12-10T08:44:39","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T13:44:39","slug":"interruptable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2017\/08\/29\/interruptable\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Interruptible"},"content":{"rendered":"

“But Jesus was sleeping.” \u00a0Matthew 8:24b<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nI have a confession. \u00a0I do not handle interruptions well. \u00a0In fact, I hate them. \u00a0I am a very one tracked mind kind of person. \u00a0Once I start focusing on something it consumes my mind.
\nGuess who handled interruptions well? \u00a0Jesus!
\nI am doing the study “We Saved You a Seat” by Lisa Jo Baker. \u00a0It’s a study of friendship. \u00a0I just completed a section that talked about how Jesus was constantly interrupted. \u00a0Not only was He constantly interrupted, but He welcomed the interruptions.
\nHere are a few examples:
\nMatthew 8:5-13: \u00a0Jesus is on His way to the city of Capernum. \u00a0He’s interrupted by a Centurion with a sick servant. \u00a0Jesus stopped what he was doing, listened to the man and healed his servant.
\nMatthew 8:28-34: \u00a0Jesus is on his way to Gadarenes when He encounters two men filled with demons. \u00a0He stops His journey and actually converses with the demons. \u00a0Then He promptly sends them into some nearby pigs, who then run over the edge of the cliff. He leaves the two men demon free.
\nMatthew 9:20-22: \u00a0This one has always been near and dear to my heart. \u00a0There is a woman who has been bleeding for 12 years. \u00a0(By bleeding, we mean a 12 year menstrual cycle.) \u00a0Jesus is on His way to Jarius’ house when He feels energy leave Him. \u00a0Literally, He is surrounded by crowds of people and He feels energy leave Him. \u00a0When He looks around He finds this poor woman who has lived all these years in misery. \u00a0Her faith is so strong, she knows if she just touch’s His cloak she will be healed. \u00a0Jesus stops and heals her. He frees this woman from her agony.
\nThere are many more, those are just a few. \u00a0All of them Jesus is awake. \u00a0He’s going somewhere. \u00a0He gets interrupted. \u00a0He doesn’t get mad. He loves the people who interrupted Him. \u00a0He heals them and encourages them. \u00a0One thing He does not do is get angry. \u00a0He doesn’t yell at them. \u00a0He doesn’t make them feel bad for stopping Him. \u00a0In no way does He make them feel bad for bothering Him.
\nOh to be more like Jesus!
\nMy favorite though is Matthew 8:18, 23-27. \u00a0Jesus is sleeping. \u00a0He’s on a boat with His Disciples heading across the Sea of Galilee. \u00a0A big storm has blown up and the Disciples are scared. \u00a0They wake Jesus up! \u00a0Nothing bothers me more than being woken up. \u00a0Not Jesus, He simply wakes up and tells them to have more faith, then calms the storm. \u00a0I like to think He was able to go right back to sleep, but Scripture doesn’t tell us whether He did or not.
\nMy point is, Jesus was interruptible. Whether he was traveling, \u00a0teaching or sleeping, He stopped what He was doing for those that came to Him. \u00a0There is a lesson to be learned here. \u00a0We need to be interruptible.
\nWhat does it mean to be interruptible?
\nIf we take our cue from Jesus, it means putting others first. \u00a0It means people are more important than our agenda. \u00a0It means noticing those around us. \u00a0It means seeing a need and meeting a need. \u00a0It means being more like Jesus.
\nIn my world, it means I have a lot of work to do. \u00a0Instead of hating interruptions, I need to embrace them. \u00a0Instead of counting them as a curse, I need to look at them as a blessing. \u00a0My heart is to love people more than my agenda. \u00a0In order for me to be interruptible, I need more Jesus and less Beth.
\nWhat about you? \u00a0What do you need to be interruptible?
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“But Jesus was sleeping.” \u00a0Matthew 8:24b I have a confession. \u00a0I do not handle interruptions well. \u00a0In fact, I hate them. \u00a0I am a very one tracked mind kind of person. \u00a0Once I start focusing on something it consumes my mind. Guess who handled interruptions well? \u00a0Jesus! I am doing the study “We Saved You… Continue reading Be Interruptible<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1594,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151\/revisions\/1594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}