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The Pharisees Demand a Sign (Mark 8:11-13) The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him.   And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.”   And he left them, got into the boat again, and went to the other side. Sometimes I want to be shown, when I am as blind as the righteous who claim to know God within the laws of their doctrine. Make the wind change its course, turn the torrent to drizzle bathe my flesh in sunlight when the moon dominates the sky. Is this true of every generation? Prove to us, who You are so my doubts can disprove the theory. Feed the hungry with loaves and fish so I can claim You staged starvation. Heal the sick and lame before me so I can praise modern medicine. Give me Your word on paper so I can analyze them into fairy tales. You do not want faith as a response to miracles. Belief without love, a f...

Show us a miracle to prove acceptance. If the one whose name we will not speak, sent you then miracles should ordain your path. Show us you are approved. Heal the blind, feed the hungry and make clean a leper. Don't simply perform your magic on the Sabbath, or forgive sins that cause these ailments. We who are skeptics need miraculous sights to even consider the words you speak. So now, while we still have some patience, move a mountain for us or a tree. Tell the little girl to rise from death. Make the earth tremble and the stars disappear. Show us the signs of the times so that we might find fault with the compassion you teach. copyright 2016 - Donald P James Jr  https://www.amazon.com/stores/Donald-P.-James-Jr./author From the Collection;  From Capernaum to Emmaus