2006-10-17 — With apologies to Barbara Eden
When the ten heard this, they began to be angry with James and John. So Jesus called them and said to them, “You know that among the Gentiles those whom they recognize as their rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.”
— Proper 24, Series BCopyright 1999 - 2004 James Wetzstein, except the bible of course. All rights reserved.
Hi
This reminds me of Shel Silverstien’s wonderful poem about the guy who did just this and died surrounded by his unused wishes ( in Where the SIdewalk Ends)
I am not preaching this week, but when this scripture comes up again, I can see using this cartoon and the poem in tandem!
Do we do any better than the sheep? How many times don’t we keep wishing instead of seeing God’s better way for our lives?
If the disciples had asked for two more wishes, would they have recieved Barbara Eden?
Funny isn’t it, what we wish for. And finally when we get it… yikes … a lot of times we wish we hadn’t coz it isn’t what we thought what it would be.
But then what we want and what we need are not always the same, is it.
Do we really know what we are wishing for?
It is natural that folks like to be a big shot but Jesus makes it clear what really counts in life-servicel