Today's Reading February 23

Morning's reading, from the Old Testament
Numbers, chapters 8, 9, 10
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Evening reading, from the New Testament
the Gospel of Mark, chapter 5, verses 1 through 20
please do not skim right over this passage. It's one of my personal favorites. Jesus goes across to the Gadarenes, those ''other people'', and enocunters a demon-possessed man. He casts out the demons, restoring the man to reason. The demons enter the herd of pigs nearby, who thereupon drown themselves. The people of the area, far from being delighted at the restoration of their fellow, beg Jesus to leave, and He does. The restored man begs to come along. Instead, Jesus directs him to publish abroad what the Lord has done for him. And he does. This is a picture of our own salvation.