Redeeming Vulnerability
The kingdom of heaven is about vulnerability. Jesus came to redeem the idea of vulnerability and to change our minds about its viability. Consider how many times when Jesus was on earth that He went through circumstances or told stories that would challenge our ideas about vulnerability. More than once when the disciples found themselves in a life-threatening storm on the Sea of Galilee, they experienced intense vulnerability, something they did not like or want to face. Yet Jesus allowed them to experience that so as to teach them to always bring Him into the equation and to learn to trust in His love and power so as to overcome fear in every such situation. When thousands of people found themselves very hungry with no way to obtain food readily, they felt very vulnerable which often leads people to become angry or resentful or to look for someone to blame. Jesus led them through that experience to teach that being vulnerable in this way should not upset our trust...