Hello everyone, my name is Elise Brooklyn and this is Scattering Flowers, a podcast where we scatter flowers of faith.
I’m so happy to be with you reading the daily gospels together.
Let’s get started! Today is Friday, February 14th, and we will be reading Mark 7, 31 through 37.
Follow along in your Bible if you have one.
Now let’s read Mark 7, 31 through 37.
Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went through the city into the Sea of Galilee, through the region of Decapolis.
And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech.
And they begged him to lay his hand upon him, and taking him aside from the multitude privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue.
And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, Ephra’ata, and that is, Be opened.
And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly.
And he charged him not to tell anyone.
But the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it.
And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, He has done all things well.
He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.
Do you know the game Simon Says?
The person leading the game has to call out actions.
You have to follow.
The catch is, you’re only allowed to do it if the person says Simon Says.
It’s important to hear things, but even more important to listen to what is being said.
Just like making sure the leader says Simon Says.
We might not have a hard time hearing, but sometimes we forget to truly listen.
We can ask Jesus to open our ears so that we listen for his voice.
We can ask him to open our mouths so we can tell other people about his love.
And all we have to do is trust that he will help us.
We have to just be like the deaf man in the reading today.
Let’s pray.
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, dear God, open our ears so we can listen to your voice.
And open our mouths so we can tell other people about his love.
Help us to listen to you always.
Amen.
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.
Thank you so much for listening.
I’ll be back next week scattering more flowers.
See ya!