Daily Lectionary for August 8, 2010
Psalm 119:73-96
Job 4:1-6, 12-21
Revelation 4:1-11
Mark 6:1-6a
Mark 6:1-6a
Mark writes of Jesus' rejection in his hometown. Jesus talks about prophets being without honor in their hometown and the passage ends with the words, "And he was amazed at their unbelief" (v.6a). Wondering if the expectations Jesus brought to his boyhood home might be similar to the ones he brings to other places he would expect to feel comfortable and welcome. Places like our congregations, places like my heart. The hometown folks were so familiar with Jesus, they knew him so well that they knew him too well. That is, they knew him well enough that they knew not only who he was, but who he could not be. Can we be too familiar with Jesus - or, at least, our idea of Jesus? Probably so. How well do we know Jesus and is the Jesus we know similar to the real Jesus we are trying to follow?
Today is the birthday of our oldest, Cameron. He is 16. This is impossible as it has only been, let's see, 16 years since he was born. Okay, I guess it's possible. Kids are a great example of getting to watch God at work. As a parent you try to do your best, but there are points where you see glimpses of God at work building this awesome person and you know that, yes, you get to participate and that's a blessing, but that ultimately they are God's project, and that is an even better blessing. Happy 16th birthday Cameron.
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