Marcia Moston
Did you ever find yourself feeling bad for the wrong guy?
Not just the hunky bank robbers in the movies that you feel sorry for when they
get caught, but the ones in the Bible? Like God was being a bit harsh and maybe
even unfair?
I mean who wouldn’t complain if someone who worked for only
an hour, like the laborer in Matthew 20, but got paid the same as you did for
working all day? Or if your sister spent the day chatting with the guests and
left you to do the cooking? (Luke 10) Fine to tell me she’s made the best
choice, but everybody wants to eat, don’t they? Or if the crazy homeless guy
holed up down the street suddenly got healed at the expense of two thousand of
your pigs. (Mark 5) It’s great that guy’s got a new life, but you’re out of
business—to say nothing about the environmental disaster at the foot of the
cliff.
If you’ve ever wondered what Jesus was up to, you’re in good
company.
