5 Jul 2009
Power is made perfect in weakness
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For 5 July 2009, 14th Sunday, based on Mark 6:1-6
He left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. On the sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astounded. They said, “Where did this man get all this? What is this wisdom that has been given to him? What deeds of power are being done by his hands! Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon, and are not his sisters here with us?†And they took offense at him. Then Jesus said to them, “Prophets are not without honor, except in their hometown, and among their own kin, and in their own house.†And he could do no deed of power there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and cured them. And he was amazed at their unbelief.
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
05 July 2009 @ 10:38 am
Thank you.
Prayer
All my illusions have been shattered
And my senses have been stripped
Confused, and lost and lonely
Your hand again I’ve gripped
Are you really there I wonder
Will you really set me free
From the demons that surround me
And will not let me be
I know that you can hear me
For you’ve done it once before
And though your gifts I’ve squandered
You’ve blessed me still once more
I’m begging for your mercy
Not sure what else to do
Crying in my solitude
Crying hard to you
© Jim Espinosa 2009
05 July 2009 @ 12:10 pm
Thank you, Vivian for a great reflection. I thank God for my powerlessness.