"Jesus wine has the capacity to face with a joyous faith our sicknesses, our diseases, and even our deaths. ... to become celebrants, to become instruments of joy in our world, and to relish each day as opportunities to walk with God in visible, knowable, tangible expressions of love."
Yes! A thousand times yes! - Joy even in suffering. Bring on the Jesus wine!
This is so good, Scot. I could hear the wit in your voice as I read it. I’m preaching this text on Sunday and I’ve been wondering if Mary was recognizing something about the wedding supper of God and inviting Jesus to inaugurate his kingdom mission. Which got me wondering how much time Mary and Jesus might have spent talking together about his mission before his public ministry began. We can’t know for sure, but I imagine her telling him his birth story and them discussing together over the years what his mission would look like.
I’m also leading a funeral this Saturday for an elderly member of our small congregation. His life was a good and faithful witness to his Savior, and as much as we’ll miss him, I’m encouraged by the image of Dan celebrating and drinking new wine with Jesus (and fishing, he told me he was really looking forward to fishing with Jesus).
Love this so much.
"Jesus wine has the capacity to face with a joyous faith our sicknesses, our diseases, and even our deaths. ... to become celebrants, to become instruments of joy in our world, and to relish each day as opportunities to walk with God in visible, knowable, tangible expressions of love."
Yes! A thousand times yes! - Joy even in suffering. Bring on the Jesus wine!
This is so good, Scot. I could hear the wit in your voice as I read it. I’m preaching this text on Sunday and I’ve been wondering if Mary was recognizing something about the wedding supper of God and inviting Jesus to inaugurate his kingdom mission. Which got me wondering how much time Mary and Jesus might have spent talking together about his mission before his public ministry began. We can’t know for sure, but I imagine her telling him his birth story and them discussing together over the years what his mission would look like.
I’m also leading a funeral this Saturday for an elderly member of our small congregation. His life was a good and faithful witness to his Savior, and as much as we’ll miss him, I’m encouraged by the image of Dan celebrating and drinking new wine with Jesus (and fishing, he told me he was really looking forward to fishing with Jesus).
Thank you for these words and images.
Thanks Pastor Tarro
Thanks Scot for this encouraging interweaving of story and text.
Loved this! Beautiful storytelling that surprised me towards the end in a good way!
So beautiful. Thank you, Scot!
Thank you Scott