Good morning ladies,
The word of the day is “peripeteia.” I figured that all of you English majors out
there would appreciate this one. I think
what really drew me close to the Bible early on in my Christian walk was that
stuff was pretty easy to understand, when it came to stories anyway. And, that’s the way that Jesus lived most of
his ministry. He did not try to sound
all important and smart. He looked at
the audience, figured out what they needed to hear, and said it the way that
they would best understand it.
The disciples came up
and asked, “Why do you tell stories?” He replied, “You’ve been given insight
into God’s kingdom. You know how it works. Not everybody has this gift, this
insight; it hasn’t been given to them. Whenever someone has a ready heart for
this, the insights and understandings flow freely. But if there is no
readiness, any trace of receptivity soon disappears. That’s why I tell stories:
to create readiness, to nudge the people toward receptive insight. In their
present state they can stare till doomsday and not see it, listen till they’re
blue in the face and not get it. ~Matt 13:10-15
My question is: how do you best receive the word of
God? I know for some people,
relationships are very important because the conversations with others help them
understand their own faith. For some,
the experience they have with God brings better clarity to the way they should
be living. What I love about reading the Jesus stories is that his readers
think they know what he is talking about, then he all of the sudden he takes
you on a kind of peripeteia. My prayer
is that you seek to find information on how you best learn and understand God’s
plan for your life. Take today to ask
someone you trust to help move you through that.
Praying for you,
MO
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