An Admonition

Mark 10: 23-27

23 Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, ‘How hard it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!’ 24And the disciples were perplexed at these words. But Jesus said to them again, ‘Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! 25It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.’ 26They were greatly astounded and said to one another, ‘Then who can be saved?’ 27Jesus looked at them and said, ‘For mortals it is impossible, but not for God; for God all things are possible.’

A new crusade for the Christian political branch to take to Washington?
We need to have legislators propose a bill before the voters that limits the rights of the rich. We can have churches bar from communion those who are wealthy. Maybe we should propose that only those with limited means can have a legal marriage?
Maybe Florida can pass a bill that allows only households where both adults have to work to scrape by can adopt! It is clear to me that Jesus felt that the wealthy led a disordered life and were prone to sin (separation from God).
But then there is that pesky grace thing again.
For God ALL THINGS are possible,
Damn, who can we Christians condemn then? Who can we place ourselves above? Who are we better than?
This Jesus guy,, he really ruins it, I guess I have to keep looking in the Gospel (good news) to find someone to be above. I am sure there has to be somewhere in there that lets me know who my servants are to be, or maybe I could just ignore this Gospel thingy and just focus on the epistles! It really would be easier. I am sure Paul had it down, much more so that Jesus. You know, if I focus totally on the Old Testament (at least the parts that are fun to remember and make great movies) and the epistles and sort of glance over this Jesus guy religion could be much more profitable, not to mention easier on my ego. And then, if I don’t bother with theology at all and take all the scriptures as if they were written in America in the current century (okay that is ridiculous, the last century then, well after WWI anyway) and in English (American English) so much the better!!
That’s it!! That is how I will follow Jesus the Christ!! IGNORE HIM!!


God, Father of all, forgive me my sarcasm, heal me from my fear, help me to love all your creation. All this I pray in the name of your Son, Jesus Christ.
Amen