2 Lent - Cycle A
God so loved the world.
God so loved the world.
And I learned about love from my grandma.
“When you was a little girl…”
That’s how the story began, told by a woman who was born in 1911 in Drumright,
Oklahoma—she told it to another woman who was no longer a little girl. And yet
still is. And she hung on every word.
“When you was a little girl, you
was the sweetest thing. And you loved that baby Jesus. Your mama would bring
you over at Christmas time and you went straight for the figures. You loved to
play with the baby Jesus. Then when you went home, as soon as your mama walked
in the door, the phone would be ringin’. ‘Baby Jesus is missin’ again!’ and
there he’d be, in your tight little fist.
“We was always takin’ that baby
Jesus away from you, and you’d kick up such a fuss. Then you started hidin’ him
in your shirt. Your mama would find him when she got you ready for bed.”
You loved that baby Jesus.
So here is a proposal for you. The
Christian life is an invitation to fall in love with Jesus. Because, here’s the
thing, Jesus is in love with you. Is his love requited?
