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FRIDAY THOUGHT 2/22/08

I get a kick out of the very human Jesus.  For one thing, by every indication, he loved to sit down to a good meal with friends and even strangers.  And I cannot imagine that it was all preaching, but also included talking about the crops and the price of donkeys, as well as joking around (These two Romans went into a bar….).
 
Jesus also seemed big on his creature comforts, to the point of getting a bit foul-mooded (now there’s a term) when a tree had no fruit so he cursed it, and chewing out his disciples when they woke him from a deep sleep because the boat was in danger of sinking.
 
My point?  I don’t really think I have one, other than the observation that Jesus had good days and bad days and could get a bit short-tempered when he was hungry or tired, just like we can.  Also, I like the human side of Jesus; it gives me hope and an inexplicable joy. –jri
 
“He got up, rebuked the wind and said
to the waves, ‘Quiet!  Be still!’  Then the
wind died down and it was completely
calm.”
    –    Mark 4:39