Today we remember the Nativity of John the Baptist.
Today's readings are Psalm 85.7-13, Proverbs 30.1-9, 18-33, and John 20.19-31.
Our readings today all speak of the apparent contradictions in the world. In Proverbs we see the royal bearing of both a rooster and a king. We see that wisdom and folly are not always what they seem to us. And in our Gospel reading we find that Jesus' work in the resurrection is also different from our expectations. Jesus, in the bodily resurrection, is able to appear where he would not be expected, through locked doors. He has overcome death and is perfectly healthy, but is able to show his disciples wounds on his hands and side. He gives the disciples the Holy Spirit by breathing on them. And the work of the Holy Spirit, counter to all we would expect of an impartation of God, is that the disciples can forgive sins in the name of God.
We look to a living God who acts in ways we do not expect. May the Lord give us discernment to understand him rightly.
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