THE BIBLE (NLT)

whenever it was i said i'd start reading luke, i did. i read chs 1-6 and my brain hurt. a couple of things i'll mention that struck me and i can't really explain why, but the parts where jesus heals during sabbath and what the implications are for rule-breaking and for churches of today, and the famous lesson about the speck in your friend's eye and the log in your own...

so maybe what struck me about jesus's rule-breaking is that i think my perception of jesus has been that he is serious and rigid. i know his love and his forgiveness, but sometimes (esp. having read only john and how very straightforward john's writing is, very prescriptive - maybe that's not the appropriate word - i'll talk about john some other time) it's hard for me to visualize it. i picture him healing, but i picture him so sad and grieving for his people, and i don't think i've ever seen a picture of jesus smiling (i have these catholic images in my head instead) and of course there's so much focus (and rightly so) on his death and resurrection. and of course jesus is very clear with his teachings and his principles... i dunno.