Wednesday January 10, 2024

Mark 1:29-39

Remember that resolution thing we some 10 days ago at the beginning of the year? Well I told Grayson that my new year resolution was to make a resolution every day. Well I have broken it 10 times. But I have to say I have a good excuse. Christmas and New Year were a disaster for my family. I had a brother in Intensive Care Unit.

In today’s gospel Jesus goes to visit the house of Simon Pater and something extraordinary happens. They tell him about Simon’s mother in law. Yes that’s the stunning thing, they tell him. The scriptures say “Now Simon’s mother-in-law had gone to bed with fever, and they told him about her straightaway.” They don’t wait until after dinner, they don’t keep it their little secret, they don’t say they will do it their way. No!!! Lord here is the real situation in this house.

Give that a try. As soon as you receive communion or go in prayer say it. As a church let’s say the issue straightaway. Lord we is struggling out here to make ends meet. Lord I am tired or Lord I really want to spend my life with someone. Say it. No door should be kept closed to our God, he can take the smell, the fever.

So back to that resolution thing. I resolute to be better at letting Christ in all areas of my life and keeping it real. That might mean my friend that you find yourself a trusted friend, a diary or an exercise where you can scream it. One of my friends exhausted from one terrible thing to the other said “Universe can I please just get a freaking break.” I cried with her. Hey you.. Jesus has the answer, Jesus is the answer.