No Win?

 Luke 7: 31-35

³¹ Jesus went on to say, “To what, then, can I compare the people of this generation? What are they like? ³² They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to each other:

“‘We played the pipe for you,
    and you did not dance;
we sang a dirge,
    and you did not cry.’

³³ For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ ³⁴ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ ³⁵ But wisdom is proved right by all her children.”

Do you sense exasperation and even frustration as Jesus voices his observation of people's response to the efforts of those sent to offer them a way to God?  It is quite evident, but in the end, Jesus affirms that wisdom will conquer deaf ears and hardness of heart.  In these days of great effort to "carry on" in spite of the limitations imposed on us by the pandemic,  we might feel a similar frustration, but Jesus assures us as well, as he did to his listeners, that wisdom will prevail.  We are called to trust and keep moving forward. In and with Jesus, we will win!

Bro. Rene