Wednesday, March 23, 2023

Salam Alaikum to you all as we join our Muslim brothers and sisters on this first day of Ramadan. Ramadan is the 9th month of the Muslim calendar and it is marked with prayer and fasting. This is indeed a holy time for all of us as we experience a new spring in life.

Our daily reflection is from the gospel of John 5:17-30. In this passage, the religious leaders are mad with Jesus and even more determined to do away with him. Why? This will shock you.

They are mad because of what Jesus does with God and to God. God was always THE-OTHER. God was always mysterious. The ’great sin’ of Jesus is that he made God relatable. In fact he made God understandable. Today they are losing their minds because he calls the Great God, my father. We cannot even begin to imagine that jump in relationship. “My Father goes on working….” Jesus says.

How is your relationship with God. Is God still mysterious and distant? God could be all that, but God could also understand you on a personal level. I have said this many times ”If God loves me more than mama loves me then God must love me a whole lot.”

Until we know God on a personal level, until he is My Father, we really have not understood Him at all. Love you