Who has been a great teacher in your life?
On this Sunday when we’re celebrating the ministry of St Paul's Christian Early Learning Center (CELC), Jesus shows us what a great teacher looks like. As he interacts with Nicodemus, Jesus reveals himself as the one who
- Knows us better than we know ourselves
- Tells us what we need to hear and not what we want to hear
- Has patience with us as we work through it.
What this means is that when we pray, we pray to the one who knows us better than we know ourselves. He also knows that figuring it out takes time, especially to process what we didn't want to hear. This plays itself out powerfully in Nicodemus' life, just as in our own.
The art work is by painter Lester Yocum. A quite rare painting showing the lesser known but just as important interaction of Nicodemus later in the Gospel of John, when he helps bury Jesus.
