Sermons On The First Readings
Picture this: You are on your way to the airport to catch a flight to a wedding where you are in the wedding party only to become stuck in traffic. When you finally get to the airport, you have only minutes left to check in. Unfortunately, there's a long line at the airline desk and you know there is no hope of getting to the front of the line in time. Do you:
A. give up and say, "Oh well, they'll just have to go on without me"?
B. march up to the front of the line, push people out of the way and say, "Get out of the way. I'm going first"?