I don't read the newspaper much anymore. I used to love reading the paper. The feel of print as I read through the news of the day. A lot of people say that print is dead, but I still like to flip through the Chronicle from time to time. Either way, I usually find some time to keep up with what's happening in the world around us. This morning I found myself wondering if kids still imagine being newspaper reporters when they grow up?
This week in Good News Club, we talked about the story of Jesus turning water into wine from John 2:1-11. I imagined what it would be like to take the Bible story and and re-write it as if I were reading an article in the local paper. Imagine reading an article from the "Daily Galilean" or "The Jerusalem Times." The headline reads:
"Wedding Guest Turns Water into Wine"
"On Tuesday of this week, a local woman known only as Mary, was in the town of Cana, attending a wedding. A large number of guests, including her son Jesus, were also present as festivities began. Guests at the wedding were reported having a good time until the host ran out of wine. At that point, it seemed that the peaceful celebration might turn into a disaster.
For reasons unknown, some wedding guests approached Jesus, who was from the town of Nazareth, thinking he might have a solution to the problem. When told about the problem, Jesus at first seemed unwilling to do anything, but after some encouragement from his mother, he finally agreed to help.
Eye witnesses at the wedding reported that Jesus instructed some servants to fill several large water jars nearby with water. He then instructed them to dip some of the water out of the jars and take it to the man who was in charge of serving the wine. To the amazement of all, when the wine steward tasted the water, he discovered that the water had, in fact, been turned into wine.
Wedding guests were amazed at the turn of events and said that the wine was the best that they had ever tasted. As a result of this miraculous event, many people began following Jesus everywhere he went, and many believe that he might even be the long-awaited Messiah.
We will continue to follow this story and update you as details become available."
Well, as you can probably tell, writing news articles is not my forte, but it was fun to play around with. It also makes you think a little: what would have been considered the most important aspect of this story? A potential miracle, right? That would be all people would be talking about. Some would believe it as truth, and some would dismiss what happened as coincidence or "unexplained". The funny thing is, just as Jesus performed a miracle by changing the water into wine at the wedding celebration two thousand years ago, he is still working miracles in the hearts and lives of people today, including our kids. Let us remind them of that this weekend as we witness God's miracles all around us.
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