Thank for a post that says so much about the real Jesus. And, yes, I have been thinking a lot about the "falling asleep" and not being able to even watch one hour.
The 'real Jesus' is an issue I still struggle with. i have preached in church myself. But I find that once you resolve one problem in life, life just sends you another one. I wonder if this is God, not life, doing this to me...
And so , in Holy Week, I am reading through all the gospel accounts and coming up with a day by day reflection on what went on. At least I wanted too, but didn't get off to a good start.
"But we shall all 'fall asleep' in our own way, on our own watch, before the end.."
Well, I think that's a bit of a broad statement. The challenge to us is not to fall "asleep" and I think that there will always be people who don't wait for him and those who urgently wait for him to come and live their lives according to his will. To say that everyone will fall asleep is a broad statement and a bit too pre-destination for me.
Thank you. I have been looking at the last few days that Jesus was in Jerusalem before the crucifixion, and intended to write a meditation/reflection on each one.
I think that's a bit of a broad statement.
Ok, Jesus asked his disciples to stay awake while He was in the Garden of gethsemane, and they literally dozed off.
Metaphorically speaking, I think everyone fails, lets the Master down either by what we do or fail to do when he asks. Confronting our own sense of failure should make us more forgiving of others, and yet we still have to face up to the fact that serious things have happened as a result.
If somebody is coming home drunk and beating his wife, it is not as if he cannot be forgiven and become reconciled to God. At the same time, he cannot plead that his behaviour is no big deal and that he will get into heaven anyway. I feel that there has to be an acknowledgment of his sin, a willingness to accept that his actions have harmed others before he can become reconciled to God. Redemption is not
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i have preached in church myself. But I find that once you resolve one problem in life, life just sends you another one.
I wonder if this is God, not life, doing this to me...
And so , in Holy Week, I am reading through all the gospel accounts and coming up with a day by day reflection on what went on.
At least I wanted too, but didn't get off to a good start.
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Well, I think that's a bit of a broad statement. The challenge to us is not to fall "asleep" and I think that there will always be people who don't wait for him and those who urgently wait for him to come and live their lives according to his will. To say that everyone will fall asleep is a broad statement and a bit too pre-destination for me.
Good post though!
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Thank you. I have been looking at the last few days that Jesus was in Jerusalem before the crucifixion, and intended to write a meditation/reflection on each one.
I think that's a bit of a broad statement.
Ok, Jesus asked his disciples to stay awake while He was in the Garden of gethsemane, and they literally dozed off.
Metaphorically speaking, I think everyone fails, lets the Master down either by what we do or fail to do when he asks. Confronting our own sense of failure should make us more forgiving of others, and yet we still have to face up to the fact that serious things have happened as a result.
If somebody is coming home drunk and beating his wife, it is not as if he cannot be forgiven and become reconciled to God. At the same time, he cannot plead that his behaviour is no big deal and that he will get into heaven anyway. I feel that there has to be an acknowledgment of his sin, a willingness to accept that his actions have harmed others before he can become reconciled to God. Redemption is not
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