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| Jesus with John, the Beloved Disciple Source |
This
morning I draw the two of cups, a card that signals companionship.
In
the first book of the Bible, in the second chapter, God decreed, "It is
not good for man to be alone."
Ecclesiastes
reiterates this theme.
"Again
I found this vanity under the sun: a solitary man with no companion; with
neither son nor brother. Yet there is no end to all his toil, and riches do not
satisfy his greed.
'For
whom do I toil and deprive myself of good things?' This also is vanity and a
worthless task.
Two
are better than one: they get a good wage for their labor. If the one falls,
the other will lift up his companion.
Woe
to the solitary man! For if he should fall, he has no one to lift him up. So
also, if two sleep together, they keep each other warm. How can one alone keep
warm? Where a lone man may be overcome, two together can resist. A three-ply
cord is not easily broken."
Certainly
Jesus had lots of friends. John was the disciple Jesus loved. Peter was his
rock. Mary Magdalene was his most loyal friend and the one who underwrote his
ministry.
And
yet God damns some of us to lives lived alone.
I
don't know why.
It
sucks.
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