What we really want

If we were really honest with ourselves, which is often not the case, we would find that we spend an awful lot of time and energy on things that are not terribly satisfying...or even what we want

In our parish this week we will celebrating a Saints Day, Simon & Jude, two of the more obscure apostles. Then next Sunday we will be keeping All Saints Day but below are the readings for the Sunday of the year.....Proper 30

Readings for Pentecost 22, Sunday October 28  2012 include Job 42:1-6, 10-17, Psalm 34, Hebrews 7:23-28, Mark 10:46-52

Most of us have only a fleeting glimpse of what we really want out of life, relationships or from God

What do you want me to do for you?

If we were really honest with ourselves, (which is often not the case)

we would find that we spend an awful lot of time and energy on things that are not terribly satisfying…

really not even what we want

Yet it is, of course,

what we really want

that drives us.

We may want to be liked.

To feel financially secure.

Or even just to be left alone!!!

Bartimaeus

The gospel shows us what we sometimes experience

-that in crisis, or difficulty, at a time of great stress

that “what we want”

may be clearly focussed

This perhaps gives us an insight into one of the benefits of those tough times;

that it is at moment of our greatest need

or difficulty

that we can be particularly receptive to God’s grace

We are often not inclined to think like this.

For Bartimaeus, he can see very clearly (interesting for a blind man)

what he needs from Jesus

and he will not be silenced.

Can we get that very clear focus?

It is particularly of note that Jesus is able to respond to Bartimaeus in his genuine need.

THIS WEEK

What particular troubles do we have on our plate at the moment?

What might God be able to give us if we allow him?

Can we have the courage to cry out, and the determination to not be put off