How to do it
A Moment before the 2nd Sunday in Lent
When you're trying to learn something, there's nothing like seeing someone else do it well.
Especially if that someone is willing to take the time with you. To break it down. One step at a time. To show you how to do it.
Whether it was my great uncle who made the best paper airplanes. Or my mom whose cookies were amazing. As a kid, I was blessed with people who took the time.
People tell me I can do some great things. If that's true, it's because someone took the time. To show me how to do it.
That's what Sunday's second reading is all about.
Paul is offering his life up as that example to follow.
Which sounds kind of arrogant. Until we actually look at his life.
Paul was an enemy of Christ. Who made a 180 degree turn.
That got him rejected by his former friends and allies. And by believers. Who knew too much about him to ever trust him.
In the face of that rejection, he keeps coming back to Christ. No matter what happens.
Which is exactly how to do it.
