For he [Mark] had neither heard the Lord nor been his personal follower, but at a later stage, as I said, he had followed Peter, who used to adapt the teachings to the needs
of the
moment, but not as though he were drawing up a connected account
of the oracles
of the Lord: so that Mark committed no error
in writing
certain matters just as he remembered them.
That these escapees were nevertheless pursued by the Egyptians with the firm intent to force them back into Egypt's servitude again we do not for a
moment question; and that it was
in Israel's eyes a
matter of such
moment as to require the personal leadership
of the king himself we are
certain.
You may not always feel happy
in a
certain moment, but if you continue to work on your attitude and personal character, getting back to that state
of being is only a
matter of time.