Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Healthy communities, healthy people

Morning: Psalm 45; Genesis 15:1-11, 17-21; Hebrews 9:1-14
Evening: Psalms 47, 48; John 5:1-18

Astonishingly, in 38 years no one helped the lame man into the Siloam pool at the right time for him to be healed. Then, when Jesus healed him on the Sabbath, they berated Jesus for doing it on the wrong day!  Oh, how we humans get our priorities mixed up!  The lame man’s most serious ailment is belonging to a sick community.  Many health problems arise because of unhealthy communities. And Jesus healings often include restoring people to community.  Jesus’ priority is the ‘Kingdom of God’, which is not some ethereal future reality, but real and healthy community, right here.
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