Aceptado

So today's passages saw Jesus accepted and Jesus reject. Jesus was tempted and Jesus was victorious. Jesus spoke Truth into confusion and chaos and temptation. The tempter was unsuccessful. The demons were silenced. Only Jesus's words remain. People loved Him for it. And people hated Him. The people of His hometown might have hated Him the most. Funny how things like that happen. You see someone grow up. If they leave and come back, no matter how much they have changed, it's hard to treat them differently. Jesus had that problem many times. His family had a hard time treating Him like the Son of God. People He grew up with had that problem. Shoot, regular people who'd never seen Him before had a hard time accepting Him for who He is. Was it the message or was it that they went on appearances alone. Some peoples ears will always be closed.

Then there were those who left everything to follow Jesus. The disciples who said, "You know what, fishing is great and all, but I think the Jesus guy has what I really need." (And how great could fishing really be? ) They had a regular average mundane boring run-of-the-mill existence, then God  changed it into something worthy of being written down 4 times in the Most Holy Book every written. The only book worth reading. The only book that will always be read. The only book that will last forever. And forever shall their names be mentioned as the first among the Saints (not the Catholic kind - the regular, we-all-fall-into-this-category-as-Christians kind) And too think, so many things could have kept them from following. Some strange guys comes up to you and tells you to put out your nets again!  You've been at it all day, can't he see that? But He's different, so you believe Him. Reluctantly.

Best decision you ever make.