{"id":3161,"date":"2019-05-24T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=3161"},"modified":"2019-05-19T21:27:19","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T01:27:19","slug":"interruptions-are-the-spice-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/interruptions-are-the-spice-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Interruptions Are the Spice of Life!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-html-block\"><iframe title=\"Interruptions Are the Spice of Life! 5\/24\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/y83cd-b1c44e?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/y83cd-b1c44e?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong><em>So often we claim we don&#8217;t have time to give others our full attention and to help other people who infringe on what we are doing<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><u>So often what is really important in life happens when people interrupt what we are doing<\/u>. <u>The interruption itself becomes an exclamation point of what life is really all about<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong>Jesus\u2019 life was often one interruption after another.<\/strong> <em>Read this passage in Matthew\u2019s Gospel: <strong>Matthew 9:9-26.<\/strong><\/em><br \/><em>a.\tMatthew is hard at work at his customs post and <u>Jesus interrupts him<\/u> (Matt. 9:9).<br \/>b.\tJesus is sitting at the table and <u>many tax collectors and sinners interrupt him<\/u> (Matt 9:10).<br \/>c.\t<u>Then his disciples come loaded with questions and <\/u>i<u>nterrupt his dinner<\/u> (Matt 9: 14). <br \/>d.\tWhile Jesus is talking, <u>Jairus comes, interrupts, and tells Jesus his daughter is dying<\/u> (Matt 9:18). <br \/>e.\tAs Jesus gets up to leave, <u>a woman suffering from hemorrhages, interrupts him<\/u>. (Matt 9:20).  <\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">You and I go through a whole day very frustrated by interruptions!  <strong><em>&#8220;I couldn&#8217;t get a THING done today!&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong>Let us pray that God would open our eyes, ears, hands and hearts to such interruptions in which God provides us opportunities to give healing and love to those who so desperately need it from us!<\/strong>   <em><u>A God Flash<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong><em>I<u>nterruptions are the spice of life<\/u>!<br \/><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; So often we claim we don&#8217;t have time to give others our full attention and to help other people who infringe on what we are doing. So often what is really important in life happens when people interrupt what we are doing. The interruption itself becomes an exclamation point of what life is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"qubely_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1558315487_featured.png",150,150,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1558315487_featured.png",150,150,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1558315487_featured.png",150,150,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1558315487_featured.png",150,150,false],"medium":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1558315487_featured.png",150,150,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1558315487_featured.png",150,150,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1558315487_featured.png",150,150,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1558315487_featured.png",150,150,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1558315487_featured.png",150,150,false],"ocean-thumb-m":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1558315487_featured.png",150,150,false],"ocean-thumb-ml":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1558315487_featured.png",150,150,false],"ocean-thumb-l":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1558315487_featured.png",150,150,false],"qubely_landscape":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1558315487_featured.png",150,150,false],"qubely_portrait":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1558315487_featured.png",150,150,false],"qubely_thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1558315487_featured.png",100,100,false],"rpwe-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1558315487_featured-45x45.png",45,45,true]},"qubely_author":{"display_name":"Medard Laz","author_link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/author\/medlaz\/"},"qubely_comment":0,"qubely_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/category\/daily-treats\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Daily Treats<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"&nbsp; &nbsp; So often we claim we don&#8217;t have time to give others our full attention and to help other people who infringe on what we are doing. 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