This question Jesus asked those first two who followed him – “What are you looking for?” – haunts me. I can’t escape from it. Those two followers neatly avoided answering it. I don’t thing they were all that concerned with where Jesus was staying so much as they wanted to stay with him a bit longer. Maybe if they hung around with him long enough, they would know what they were looking for.
What follows is a kind of dialogue that came to me while contemplating this question.
What are you looking for?
usually my keys or my glasses or my phone
sometimes my wallet or that thing I just had in my hand
What are you looking for?
something to make for dinner and tomorrow’s lunch
warmer socks and a heavier sweater
What are you looking for?
a wifi connection and a hot cup of tea
a few minutes to finish this task
What are you looking for?
time to be still and relax before the next meeting
an hour or so to go for a walk and release this tension
What are you looking for?
okay… okay… maybe some answers
more hope or more light or…
What are you looking for?
I don’t know… there I’ve said it
I don’t know, exactly
What are you looking for?
an end to violence and hunger and homelessness
and illness and fear and hatred and ignorance
What are you looking for?
You. Christ. I am looking for You
in them and in me and in everyone
What are you looking for?
what I can do… what I can be…
how can I, how can we, embody you?
What are you looking for?
RCL – Year A – Second Sunday after Epiphany – January 15, 2017
Isaiah 49:1-7
Psalm 40:1-11
1 Corinthians 1:1-9
John 1:29-42
This is so lovely! Yes, I am looking for Christ in all things. I am looking for a way forward during these difficult times that is full of the light of the Universal Spirit within us all. The light of Christ, and the light of us. <3
Thank you, Molly. May the Light shine.