A sneeze too far

I felt a sneeze coming on!

But this wasn’t any ordinary sneeze, it was a big hearty

exhaust-pipe one, and it wasn’t the most convenient time

to sneeze to be honest, not when I’m driving along the fast lane of the Dual carriageway!  But who can deny a sneeze? When the nose tickles, an explosion is on its way!  I braced myself to steer, with two hands firmly on the wheel.

Sure enough, I sneezed a fast and hearty sneeze, and during this rewarding inconvenience, unbelievably, my tasteless chewing gum shot out from my mouth at supersonic speed!                                                                                                     Disgusting! Good job no one else was in the car! Yet between embarrassment and chuckles I needed to find the offending gum! Could I find it? It eluded me! Panic set in until eventually I found it resting in my seatbelt!                                           It is a vulgar tale to tell, and told not without some reticence, but the account of the cross tells of comparable vulgarity which Isaiah foretold 700 years before.

Again and again they spat on him. Mk 15:19

Jesus was spat on by both the Jewish Council and the Roman soldiers. Both groups maliciously targeted Jesus with their spit missiles.                                     Such an act was a public declaration that the person was worthless, and before long Jesus, the Son of God, was murdered in cruelty and spite.

Do you feel worthless, ignored or mistreated?   Jesus understands and feels your pain more than you’ll ever know. Let Christ carry it and heal it, for, as with Jesus, more people are for you than against you.

With Love,     Rev Gill x    

They spat on him, and struck him on the head again and again. Mt 27:30