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The Chibi News Daily Reflection
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Hi, my name is the Reverend Pat Allerton and I'm a vicar in the Church of England
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Have you ever been at a party or even a wedding where they ran out of wine
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Not a high point in the celebration. Well, even less so in Jesus' day in the Middle East
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where celebrating a wedding could go on for three days and it was a matter of deep shame and embarrassment if you ran out of wine
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Well, that's exactly what happened at the wedding at Cana in Galilee, which is the scene of Jesus's first miracle, of course
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I think it's probably known to most of us, Jesus turning water into wine
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And word comes to Jesus through Mary, his mother, that they've run out of wine
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Can you do something? Eventually, he says to the servants there, fill these ceremonial washing jars, giant things that held gallons of water
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Fill it with tap water. And the rest is history. He turns it into the most delicious wine they'd ever tasted
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and the embarrassment and shame of the bridegroom is spared. This is just a picture of what Jesus can do in our lives He turns lack into abundance He turns sorrow into joy
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He can even take away our shame and bring us praise instead
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Because in this miracle, the master of the banquet goes up to the bridegroom and says
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everyone serves the best wine first and then brings out the poorest stuff, the cheapest stuff
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when the guests have had too much to drink. but you have saved the best till last
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And with Jesus, that's exactly what we get. God has provided the best
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At the end, he saved the best till last with the coming of Jesus Christ
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who can give us all these things and ultimately that wine speaks of his blood
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which he came to shed for you and for me to take away our sin and to remove our shame
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by dying for us on a cross. And when we receive that
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we receive praise instead of shame. Why not receive the wine that Jesus has for you today
