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WEDNESDAY THOUGHT 2/27/08

February 27, 2008 on 12:44 pm | By John Ingrisano | In Faith & Forgiveness | No Comments

This one’s a bit muddled in my head, and that’s okay.  It just struck me this morning that Herod, jr. was such a sad man.  But I suspect that if he hadn’t been so burdened down by all his king stuff, he could have made a good Christian.  He had potential.

Still, so sad:  He had to throw his own birthday party, which is tough enough.  Though he could have had the pick of any woman in the country, he choose his brother’s wife (which is why John the Baptist kept hounding him).  Then he got manipulated by his misguided sense of justice and the wiles of a teenage girl (the daughter of Herodias) into beheading John the Baptist, a man he truly admired.  He could have changed the world, but he just slogged along doing everything wrong.  He was a powerful man, but woefully weak.  How sad.  What a waste. 

My point?  I think it’s that even with our sometimes big, clumsy clay feet, we too have a choice — to either slog along making a mess of everything, or to live (or at least try) by the faith that guides us.  We have great potential; it would be a shame to waste it.  All I know for sure is that I’d rather have been John the Baptist than Herod…or any of his “friends.” – jri

“When Herod heard John, he was
greatly puzzled; yet he liked to
listen to him.”
    –    Mark 6:20