Whatnot

I finished the Gospel of John in just a shade under 2.5 hours.  Actually, it was about an hour and 45 minutes with 3 breaks/changes of location interspersed.  

For me it really raised the question – why don’t I do that more often…really concentrated reading of a text.  The stories start to blur together, but you have a real context for everything.

Here are a few things that struck me:

-          from the time his ministry started, Jesus was in “GO” mode all the time.

-          A lot of the people who “followed” Jesus didn’t really understand what he was saying and just wanted to see more miracles

-          Jesus comes precariously close to asking people who misunderstand his parables “Are you seriously that stupid?!”

-          In spite of the above question, Jesus was remarkably patient

-          Nicodemus is mentioned three times and we get to see a highly religious person struggle with his social role and his desire to follow Jesus.  We last see him as he openly goes to assist in the preparation of Jesus’ body for burial…this guy just blows me away.

That’s all for now – I am going camping tonight.

Tim