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The Chibi News Daily Reflection
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Hi, I'm Mark and I'm the Vicar of Grofell and Salters Guild in Middlesbrough
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Probably everyone knows that one person who you can tell the same thing to again and again and again
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And though they hear it, they never seem to take it in. And then when they actually need what you've told them, they look at you blankly
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It's a real test of patience. I sometimes wonder if Jesus' followers were those kind of people
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All through Luke's gospel, Luke's telling of the story of Jesus' life
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Jesus has told his disciples that he's going to have to die and then be raised up again on the third day
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So perhaps it shouldn't have been such a surprise to them that a few days after Jesus' death on the cross
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they're told that Jesus has been seen alive again. Yet they don't believe
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Later that day, Jesus himself appears to them. They're shocked and confused, so Jesus explains to them that he's not a ghost
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Their terror turns to joy, but even then the Bible says they still did not believe it
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they'd forgotten what Jesus had taught them. I would have run out of patience at this point
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probably shrugged my shoulders and muttered something about wasting my entire time on them
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But Jesus is not like me. Instead he patiently opens up the Bible to explain to them why this happened as it did
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If I'm honest with myself I'm like disciples forgetting the good news I've been told a thousand times over
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and needing things patiently explained to me again and again. And as I see how patient Jesus is with me
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it helps me be that much more patient with others as well
