PRAYER PAUSE
Wednesday 24
August 2016, Bartholomew
FROM
NAZARETH?
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “From Nazareth?” said Bartholomew, “Can
anything good come from that place?” (John 1:45-51)
Reflection. Bartholomew, or Nathaniel, is introduced
to us in a brief conversation, is listed with the others and then disappears. We
know nothing more about him. But the brief words are packed with implications.
He makes this scathing remark about Nazareth; Philip humours him with “come and
see” and then Jesus blows his mind open with a revelation about heaven and earth
now being connected by a kind of Jacob’s ladder. John uses a lot of
conversations in his gospel; with the woman of Samaria, the Jews, Martha and
Mary and finally with his disciples at the last supper. There is always revelation;
an opening up of the mind to grasp that God has visited his people.
Prayer. Lord, help
us in our conversations that we may build up and not pull down; that we may
open doors and not close them. Amen
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