Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“‘I told you that you would die in your sins, for you will die in your sins unless you believe that I am he.’ They said to him, ‘Who are you?’ Jesus said to them, ‘Why do I speak to you at all?’”
NL Daily Devotion for Thursday, February 24, 2022
by R. M. Fergus, Clergy Stuff
This just made me laugh out loud. Seriously. Can you not hear Jesus’ expansive eye-roll? He’s been going on and on about who he is, his relationship to the Father, and his purpose in the world and they just do. not. get it.
I wonder sometimes just how often Jesus is rolling his eyes at me. I think I’ve got my stuff pretty well together. I’m a reasonably intelligent person. I’m passionate about racial and environmental justice and compassionate towards other people. And then I think or do or say something so mind-numbingly ignorant it’s a wonder I can walk and breathe at the same time.
Luckily, Jesus died for these chuckleheads just as sure as for me. We’re all forgiven when we inevitably blow it. Thank God.
When have I seriously stuck my foot in my mouth or betrayed my ignorance? Have I forgiven myself yet?