We Can't Please Everyone

I can't believe we are at Friday again already! These weeks seem to fly by faster and faster. Slow yourself down and make sure you spend some time in The Word and READ and/or LISTEN to today's readings.

Our Gospel (Matthew 11:16-19) is a tricky one for me toady, so I went to the notes in my bible for some help (there is no shame in that by the way...we should do it more often). These notes were not super helpful to me in that they shared that the meaning of this parable is much disputed!

So, since this is my blog and my personal reflections, I will share what I see and take away from this scripture.

I see a very unsatisfied generatation. A generation that will do or say whatever they want. They can and will find something to complain about. In our scritpture we first see them say John is possessed by demons because he eats so little, then they say Jesus is a glutton and a drunkard because he is eating and drinking!

We can't and won't please all people and our message will reach everyone a little differently.

Holy smokes do I see this in the health and fitness world. If a woman is thin, the "haters" out there will either say she is too skinny or she must be anorexic. If a woman has muscle tone, the' "haters" will say she is too muscular or she looks like a dude. The worst is when those haters can't rip apart the phyique, so they will just attack and say nasty things about the woman's face or family or whatever!

We need to keep being who we are! We need to keep sharing God's Mercy, Love and Compassion regardless how it is met, just like those musicians must still continue playing their music.