Monday 13 February

James 1: 1-11; Psalm 119N; Mark 8:11-13.

Just one more sign, please.

False Messiahs would promise the most marvellous signs, hoping to lure followers to their side. When the Pharisees asked for such a sign, Jesus understood that this demand was made not because they wanted to see the hand of God: it was due to the fact that they were blind to his hand! The signs of God were everywhere in the world, grain in the crops, leaven in the loaves, the infinite variety, the astonishing beauty of flowers on the hillside. God was already in the world. Lord, I marvel at your astonishing design of the things in my world. I praise you. I thank you