Plainly
Jesus please speak plainly to me. Yes? Is this what we want? Why doesn’t he do this all the time? This group gets clear messages and everyone else gets parables. Maybe we don’t want plain speech from Jesus as much as we think we do. He says things like this. Lazarus is dead. When Jesus says something it ends debate. He isn’t resting or recovering, he’s dead. I don’t know if I wanted to know this. Don’t know if I was ready for it. Now I’ve got a lot to deal with. A beloved friend is sick. We wait around and do nothing for two days and now he’s dead. What were you waiting for, Jesus? Plain speech isn’t warm and fuzzy with Christ. Christ words are never platitudes. They are as hard and sharp as steel blades. Be sure you want him to speak plainly before you ask for it. And perhaps we don’t want it and that’s why so many people say they can’t hear him…
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