The questions they asked of Jesus! I'm thinking of todays' gospel reading in John chapter 6. Jesus has escaped the crowd after the feeding of the five thousand, and when they catch up with him, they want an explanation. How did you get here? Depending on how you say it, it could be an open question, but it could have anger or fear behind it. Certainly the questions which follow this one are a challenge to Jesus' authority, asking if he is a charlatan, or worse.
You want another miracle, another show of the spectacular, Jesus tells them. But in this fraught atmosphere, challenging, possibly heated, comes the calm, solid and shattering truth 'I am the bread of life'. No answer to their questions, but.......
Most may have missed its import, weight, sharp truth. It does take a lifetime to absorb. We are faced with all our questions to God, all our questions about God, with the one he lobs back at us; 'Are you looking for the pearls you expect, or the diamonds I long to give?'
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