Hungry!!

As we are nearing the half way mark in this Biblical Core Course I am realizing how much I don't know about the Bible and God but also how much I want to know. So far we have done the books Philemon, Ephesians, Mark, and now Acts. It is incredible to understand the historical background of the books. For example the book of Philemon is a personal letter to Philemon from Paul. Why is a personal letter in the bible? Well if you look into it and take time taking the letter apart and looking at history you will realize that Paul is calling Philemon to be a loving brother who shows no favoritism. Paul says to Philemon to welcome Onesimus as he would him(Paul) which is amazing because Onesimus is supposed to be Philemon's slave. (Look it up in a Bible Dictionary) And Onesimus is inspiring in this book. He puts his life in God's hands and basically says ok God do with my life whatever you will. Pretty trusting I think.
This week is Acts and the golden nugget I've taken away so far from the teachings this week is the new and old wineskin's. A wineskin in those days were made of letter and when a new wineskin was filled with new wine it would expand because of the gas that formed inside. Then after time the leather would become hard and stiff. So once a old wineskin was emptied it wouldn't be useful for wine anymore because if it was filled again it would burst because the leather was already hard and stiff and it wouldn't stretch like a new wineskin would. So how are we living today? As new wineskin's, open and willing to be stretched or are we like an old wineskin that is stubborn and stiff necked unwilling to change or be stretched. Are we being stretched or do we need to burst to change. I hope its stretched because bursting sounds painful:) God Bless everyone! Thank you for all your prayers and support! Miss you all!