Don't miss the lesson!

"When the Sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished..."

Mark 6:2

 

So, basically, the hometown folks rejected Jesus; his teachings seemed too astonishing from the Nazareth lad they knew from his youth. He seemed a bit too big for his britches, as my mom used to say (not about Jesus, but about others who seem above themselves).  The people of Nazareth didn't believe in Jesus so they missed the message or the lesson he was teaching.  The same thing happens to us when we encounter a difficulty and miss the "lesson-ness" of it.  We may writhe and buck against the lesson, thinking it's unfair, when it just may be there to teach us something. Jesus' most valuable lessons may be so hard to see as lessons and just may be perceived as problems. Next time we run up against a difficulty, let's stop and think:  What am I to learn from this? Can I turn this difficulty into a lesson or learning experience for me or others?  Let's try to recognize the lesson, no matter how obscure it may seem!  Love, heidi