Last night, I had a lengthy discussion with my parents about alcohol. For some reason, my mother is more dogmatic about this one subject than any other. She says that alcohol and Jesus absolutely do not go together - that in other countries it is perhaps acceptable, but in our country it is not a cultural thing. Her arguments are always poor (bless her heart : ) but I did understand the point she was making - even her preemptive strike on Jesus' turning the water into wine. I used to be just as dogmatic as she - and how absurd it seems to me now! In Romans yesterday I was struck again by Paul's response to all these things "whatever is not of faith is sin". Whatever we eat or drink, we must be able to do so with full confidence before God and a clean conscience. But we made a few light-hearted jokes about whether Jesus would be drinking actual wine anew with us in the kingdom of heaven. Later on I came home and they were watching a movie with much sexual content (the equivalent sword to my heart) and I thought to myself, "Jesus may very well drink wine at the wedding feast....but we sure as heck won't be watching that movie"... oh how clever I am .... and how quick to judge! Enough for today.
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