Thursday January 18, 2024

Mark 3:7-12

Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lakeside, and great crowds from Galilee followed him. From Judaea, Jerusalem, Idumaea, Transjordania and the region of Tyre and Sidon, great numbers who had heard of all he was doing came to him. And he asked his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, to keep him from being crushed.

The power of Jesus is on full display here. Everyone wants a selfie with him and he gets in a boat to get away from the paparazzi. I once had a woman in Lebanon Ky who asked to meet with me for something she was struggling with. I never expected this one. She said, father I love our Lord but I have a problem with that Mary Magdalene, if that woman ( she used another term) thinks she is going to have Jesus all to herself she ain’t met nobody from Lebanon yet. I was so confused. Slowly I realized that women love differently and this is actually a thing. I don’t really remember what I said to her but I remember asking Fr Jerry about it and he simply said “now I have heard it all Chibundi.”

Anyway I get distracted easily. They all wanted Jesus for different reasons. There is so much hurt out there, so many unanswered questions. I pray today that you know where to go for your complex questions. They came to him because they found in our messiah a God willing to listen. Practice listening today. Listen to yourself, your neighbor and your God.

And if you end up at Rabbouni with your questions I promise that together we will figure out an answer. There is nothing you are going through that someone in this church has not dealt with. We love you!!!