Don't let him do anything stupid

Those of us who have gotten married know all about the planning that goes into a wedding. Some of us wing it a great deal, some of us go down to the smallest detail. I once knew a woman who wanted to taste the candy coated almonds in the party favors. I told her that nobody eats those, their left over from WWI or something, then at the wedding some kid was going around eating them out of every one's favors. I wanted to kick him. I refrained, I refrained.

We don't know much about the people who organized and participated in the wedding at Cana in John chapter 2. We know that a man and a woman got married and that somehow Jesus and Mary were invited. We also know that the disciples of Jesus were present, we can guess there are about four of them because in Chapter 1 John only points out the selection of those four. So, let us set a scene. It is a few days prior to the wedding:

"Mom? Mary sent a message. You know her son Jesus? He has four friends and they want to know if they can come." "Four friends?! Who are these people?" "I don't know. Friends." "Hmmm, ok, we'll move Mark and his wife and Joanne and her husband, what's his name, to another table. We can make it work. I heard something about Jesus the other day. What was it?"
"he went down to the river to see that guy...John? Anyway, I hear he got baptized and then took off into the desert for like a month and fasted. Something about turning his life over to God."
"Turing his life over to God? He has that carpentry business of his father's right?" "Yeah." "Went into the desert, huh? Now he thinks he's a prophet or something? Elijah come back to save us all. Just what we need." I'll tell your father and brothers not to let him do anything stupid. They'll keep an eye on him. Just what we need. Prophets and religious zealots."

Besides hopefully enjoying hiself at the wedding Jesus did one thing, he turned water into wine. Not just any wine, but the best wine.

It is so common for people who feel a desire to turn more to Jesus. They have seen people who are ......... a turn off and they don't want to be like that and they are afraid what will happen to them. Committing to God, turning to God goes against everything we are taught. Lean on God but stay in control. Even the old saying, "God is my co-pilot" That means I am flying the plane but God is there in case I mess up. I like the one I saw the orther day, "If God is your co-pilot your in the wrong seat." God is not going to make you do anything you don't want to do. He will not change you into something or someone you don't want to be. He won't do anything stupid with you. But the wine He gives you to drink at the end, and along the way, is the best, the very best there is. All you have to do is follow the advice of Mary, "Do, whatever He tells you to do."