Contemplative Bible Reading

Luke 24:9-12 (New International Version)

9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. 11 But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. 12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.

I like things to make sense. I take great care with my words, because I want them to make sense. That doesn’t seem too outlandish, does it?

Yet here in verse 11 we some of the most wonderful words ever spoken. And those words seemed like nonsense. These women were declaring that Jesus had risen from death.

The Gospel, the good news about Jesus Christ, is all nonsense to man. God comes to earth in physical form. He lives among us. He dies and rises from death. We are to love one another – even our enemies. All nonsense.

Then there is the most nonsense of all – His death make us clean in His sight. We are free from the just punishment of sin.

All nonsense; all true.
God, help me to have a little more nonsense in my life.