Go ahead and ask Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” Matthew 13:36 Have you ever noticed that the Gospels are full of questions? Sometimes it is people trying to trip Jesus up. On other occasions, Jesus is the one doing the asking. Then there are the questions that come from the disciples and others who wish to follow Jesus. Often, we see the disciples asking Jesus to explain what he was teaching. It might be easy for us to look at the disciples and wonder how they can’t see what Jesus is so OBVIOUSLY teaching. How can they not get it?!? But you see, Jesus said that people would hear and not understand…they would look but not see. In fact, this is why it is great that they are asking questions. They WANT to know. You might even say that this one mark of being a disciple: asking the teacher for help when we do not understand. Jesus says and teaches many things that are not easy to understand. I imagine that sometimes he waits to see who might be brave and willing and humble enough to ask the question. What question(s) do you have for Jesus? Blessings,
Matthew+ O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us your mercy; that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. (BCP p. 231) | 
