Anyhoo...I'm going to start something tonight called the Daily Tidbit. I'm going to try and post at least this every day. It will be some thoughts and/or reflections on some part of what I read out of the Scriptures that day. Some days it will be like an Episcopal homily and you'll be able to read it in about 20 seconds. Other days it will be like a John Piper or Rob Bell sermon and you'll have to give it 2-3 days to get through.
So, for today's Daily Tidbit
I'm in the Gospel of Mark right now. It's pretty funny. In Chapter 6, Jesus feeds 5,000+ people, walks on water, and then Jesus cures a whole ton of people on the other side of the lake. At the beginning of Chapter 8, there is another big crowd of people. Jesus tells his disciples that they need food. The disciples' response is "Where are we going to find enough food?" WHAT?!?! Really? You aren't going to ask him how we walks on water, cures a bunch of people, or anything like that. No. You're going to ask where you're going to get food for 4,000 people after Jesus just feed 5,000 people with one kid's lunch. Then it gets better. The Pharisees ask Jesus for a sign from heaven. "We don't want anything basic, like feeding thousands of people with a loaf of bread, curing people by letting them just touch your cloak, or extending God's kingdom out to people who aren't Jews. No. We want a sign. Can you give us one?" Then Jesus and the disciples get into the boat and Jesus warns them against the yeast of the Pharisees. They think he's mad because they forgot to bring bread into the boat. AHHH!!!!
I think we usually assume we're not this dumb. Yet, we say that the poor don't hold a 'special place in God's heart' when the Scriptures are FULL of God giving special treatment and love to those who are poor, homeless, fatherless, etc. We laugh at the Pharisees for being dumb in their questioning, yet we continually ask God to show himself to us, forgetting that only days ago he kept us from getting in that car accident, miraculously made that paper we forgot to bring to work with us appear in our bag, or countless other things that we conveniently forget.
Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.
Peace,
1 comment:
You and Emily need to come to Philly and visit our church/neighborhood. Then Robin and Jason need to drive down, and we need to all go to Robin's parents' house and play games all week long (and we'll make sure Emily has at least one non-game playing companion for good discussions). That's what I say.
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