John 2:1-11
Jesus and his disciples go to a wedding Jesus is imformed by his mother that the celebratory wine has run out. Jesus asks why he as a guest should be concerned with the wedding coordinator's lack of management skill. Mary seems to disregard this and tells the servants to do whatever Jesus tells them to do. Being the dutiful son, Jesus tells the servants to fill the jars with water, which they do. When the wedding coordinator tastes the water, he finds that it is a delicious wine and wonders why the best wine was served last. The party goes on!
What do you do when life loses its ability to enchant, when you go through your day just marking tasks off your list, without much sense of satisfaction or meaning? What do you do when you lose any sense of the mysterious holy in your life, when the wine gives out?
I find it interesting: Jesus doing what his mom tells him to do. Makes me wonder how many times he might have said "no I don't want to and you can't make me" before he finally reliquished control to his mom. Can you imagine Mary grabbing his ear and giving him a stern talking to, leading him to his room and telling him "don't come out till your done"?
ReplyDeleteHow about later when Jesus' mom and brothers show up at a house where he is preaching to get him, presumably because they think he's out of his mind, and he rebuffs them by saying, "Who are my mother and brothers? Those who do the will of God." I guess he wasn't her little boy anymore!
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