OPPOSITION

I just got home yesterday from my walk when the rain turned into snow.
 I felt it getting colder as I walked
The snow melted soon after it fell but I always like to see snow falling.

There is a name for people in the Hindu faith in which they are called avatars;
people with a mystical awareness and seem to be able to have a direct knowledge
of the infinite spirit that infuses the universe.
They help the rest of us see what God is like in human form.
This is the Jesus I find in reading the Bible.

Jesus announced the coming of the kingdom of God which is like a light coming through the darkness
to reveal the truth that everyone is now equal and welcome to enter into this kingdom. 

This would mean that there would be a need for repentance, which speaks to me of letting go of the past.  This would mean a time of healing and deliverance from false religion.

Jesus taught in the synagogue and people were amazed at his original teaching, taught with authority which means as if he was the author.  According to Mark's gospel he beckoned people to come and follow him and they did.

He continues to draw big crowds so that four friends of a paralytic man open the roof of the house where Jesus is and lower him in to the room below.
When Jesus says to him "Your sins are forgiven" he stirs up opposition.  Who does he think he is forgiving sins when that is the role of the priest and something only God can do.  Is he claiming to be not only a healer but equal to God?  As a true mystic "avatar" he was a wisdom teacher, a healer and a prophet.  The Holy Spirit was upon him.  Deep wounds had paralyzed this dear man with fear and needed love to restore him to wholeness.

As Emerson said, "He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul."

This world is desperately in need of people of wisdom and compassion because there is so much injustice and cruelty.  Jane and I will be reading as groups of different churches come together to learn and pray for the people of Malaysia.  It is a nation of diversity in unity where Malays, Chinese, Indians and the indigenous people of Sabah and Sarawak, and minority communities live and work together.  We learned of a Malaysia women in 1995 who had to fight for reforms in her country as peace does not seem to come without a cost for those who devote their lives to making the lives of others better.

While I was out dad went for a short walk and then went shopping.  First our answering machine broke and now our electric kettle.  He got some good buys which included a jacket for me.  Jane came in and had tea and admired all his purchases.

It was a good day!  Yes the Canucks won again! !