Who is this Father?

A love like this breeds resentment.  It is a love that is simply not interested in human definitions of 'worthy.'   This love loves; take it or leave it.  Turn around and come to the Father's house and live in this love or stand out in the field with your arms crossed and your nose out of joint and refuse to participate in the party.
   
Whatever you choose, this Father's love will not fail or falter....not because of what you have or haven't done, but because that is who this Father is.      Thanks be to God.

It's about time

Ever have your watch break and it took you a couple of days to get a new one?
Know how disorienting it is to be unable to tell what time it is?
Am I late?  Am I early?  What's taking so long?  Wow!  That went quickly.

Live in the western world and most everything is about time.  Remember when you were small?  The big hand is on the 3 and the little hand is on the 7....what time is it?  I know that digital clocks are more accurate but an analog clock helps me visualize what time it is and somehow that works better for me.  Somehow time has more substance; is less ephemeral.

What time is it?  Whose time is it?  Will time run out?  Is this a good time?

Jesus is at a wedding in Cana and the wine runs out.  Bad timing! 
Jesus is at a wedding in Cana and the wine runs out.  Great timing? 
Who else can respond to this embarrassing need with a gift of grace and unimaginable bounty?

Sit up and pay attention.  The time has come for God's abundant grace to be revealed to....a wedding reception?  In fact, it is revealed only to the servants on the scene and of course, to us the readers.  Pay attention.  In John's telling of the story of Jesus, timing is everything.