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Questions?????
I have always been intrigued by questions… my own and those I hear around me from family and friends. I have no memories of being the type of child who had a great deal of questions, but it would not surprise me if that was the case.
Our Scriptures are full of questions. The very first one comes in chapter three of Genesis. God, the creator, is looking for Adam and Eve and calls out “Where are you?” Apparently they were not where they usually could be found at the end of the day. What a question: Where are you?
Fast forward to the Gospel of John. In the sixth chapter of John, Jesus is doing some heavy theological teaching about himself, calling himself the ‘bread of life’. This sets up the recorded discussion among the people of what exactly this means and is Jesus being literal about ‘eating’ him. It seems that it was a fairly heavy discussion and the result was that ‘many of his disciples turned back and no longer went with him.’
This brings me to the questions I really like! “So Jesus asked the twelve: ‘Do you also wish to go away?’ “ Extroverted Peter wades into the discussion with his question. “Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words to eternal life.”
I have voiced this question many times in my spiritual journey. Is there someone or something more true than Jesus? I have decided not only once but often that it is only Jesus who has the words of eternal life. Once again during this Lenten time, I hear the question, ‘do you also wish to go away?’ And once again I answer, Lord to whom can we go? Knowing there is no other.
Prayer:
Lord, I am here right now, today. I do not wish to go away. Thank-you for wanting me, for searching for me, for loving me, and for being patient with all my questions. Amen
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