Sept 2, 2024
Last week and other times I was screaming at my sheep because they wouldn’t move off the contaminated pasture that could infest them with barberpole worms, a killer of too many of my flock. This is what I mean when they hear me, but they only care about eating. Their stubbornness and unwillingness to respond causes self-inflicted harm.
I’m listening to a sermon exploring Jesus’ words that sounds like a curse: “Woe to you, Chorazin, woe to you, Bethsaida, for if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon.”
Ponder on the idea that these are not curses, but an insight into the consequences of people’s choices.
