Saturday, 7/30/16
One of today’s readings honor Jeremiah who would not wink at
the sins of Jerusalem’s wealthy, while the other honors John the Baptist who would
not wink at Herod’s breaking all the laws. A common way of expressing what it
was that Jeremiah and John shared would be that they both had backbone.
Every time we choose to lay around, rather than getting up to
do what should be done, we weaken our
backbone. Every time we force our self to get up to do what must be done, we strengthen
our backbone.
Just to fill space here, let me tell a little story about
John the Baptist. Once when I was talking to the Seventh and Eighth Graders in
church, I asked, “What did John the Baptist eat when he was in the desert?” One
little girl spoke up, saying, “Locusts and wild honey.”
I said, ”You are a wild honey.” Then, ten years later I was
getting a car wash at Charles and George’s, and the young lady scrubbing my tires
looked up, and asked, “Don’t you know me?” I answered, ”No, who are you?” And
she said, “I’m wild honey.”
That girl had backbone.
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