Listen To Him

 Mark 9:  2-10

The Transfiguration

² After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them. ³ His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them. ⁴ And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus.

⁵ Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” ⁶ (He did not know what to say, they were so frightened.)

⁷ Then a cloud appeared and covered them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!”

⁸ Suddenly, when they looked around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus.

⁹ As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. ¹⁰ They kept the matter to themselves, discussing what “rising from the dead” meant.

With all the splendor of the bleached white robe and the presence of Moses and Elijah leaving us awestruck,, the key moment of the Transfiguration  is the command, "Listen to him.: (Mk 9: 7). We need to hear this day in and day out, for too soon do our ears get clogged with the noises of the day  and our heads, with worries and fears. May we learn to set aside some "quiet time", some "listening time" and allow God to pour what we really need, not what we think we need nor would like to have, into our heart.

Bro. Rene

(Note:Trying  to post 2 slices of Daily Bread today, since "business" interfered with yesterday's posting.)