There is a great story in the bible where Jesus was at a wedding. Actually his mother was at the wedding and it kinda seems like Jesus and his buddies crashed the party (man I love Jesus). Anyway, at this particular wedding Mary came to Jesus and informed him that the guest was running out of wine and HE needed to do something. Jesus tried to argue but it was mom, so what are you gonna do?
So, Jesus’ first public miracle was turning water into wine. Not only wine but the good stuff. A nice Noire Valley if you will? It made quite an impression on the guests.
So what? You may ask. Jesus’ first miracle was turning water into wine making sure people got their buzz on in style (again I LOVE Jesus).
That isn’t the point. Not to me anyway. We don’t know the wedding party but we know that Mary was invited and Jesus and his friends were there. What do we know about them? They were blue collar folk…you know rednecks. It was a disgrace to run out of wine at a celebration. It spoke loudly to the community and was humiliating. It was that feeling/situation that Mary and Jesus had pity. Is running out of wine going to kill anyone? No. Is being picked on in the community that big of a deal in the grand scheme of eternity? No. Yet, Jesus cared.
You see, Jesus cares about things that you care about. Things that others seem trivial, but to you are major…Jesus has got that. I have a friend who has cats. Her cat died. She was devastated. Me, I was like dude…they give em away for free? However, you know who cared about her cat? Jesus.
You know who cares about your big problems like addiction, pain, sickness? Jesus.
You know who cares about your desire to lose 10 pounds? Jesus.
You know who cares about your little things in life? Jesus.
Man I love Jesus.
Sean Rheaume 