November 1, 2011

Reflection (The readings are below, for your reference)

We learn three things from today’s reading. If you want to follow Jesus you must be ready to let go of non-essential things (like pillows), follow at the drop of a hat no matter what else you think is on your plate (like dealing with personal loss), expect the unexpected.

Namaste

The Readings

2 Kings 19:21-36 (NRSV)

1 Corinthians 10:1-13 (NRSV)

Matthew 8:18-27 (NRSV)

Now when Jesus saw great crowds around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side.  A scribe then approached and said, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."  And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."  Another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father."  But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead."  And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.  A windstorm arose on the sea, so great that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep.  And they went and woke him up, saying, "Lord, save us! We are perishing!"  And he said to them, "Why are you afraid, you of little faith?" Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a dead calm.  They were amazed, saying, "What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?"