In today's GB News Daily Reflection, we reflect on the real test of patience."I sometimes wonder if Jesus followers were those kind of people. All through Luke's gospel, Luke's telling of the story of Jesus's life, Jesus told his disciples that he's going to have to die and then be raised up again on the third day. "So perhaps it shouldn't have been such a surprise to them that a few days after Jesus death on the cross, they're told that Jesus has been seen alive again. Yet they don't believe."Later that day, Jesus himself appears to them. They're shocked and confused. So Jesus explains to them that he's not a ghost. Their terror turns to joy. But even then the Bible says they still did not believe it."
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00:00The Chibi News Daily Reflection
00:04Hi, I'm Mark and I'm the Vicar of Grofell and Saltersgill in Middlesbrough.
00:10Probably everyone knows that one person who you can tell the same thing to again and again and
00:16again and though they hear it they never seem to take it in and then when they actually need what
00:22you've told them they look at you blankly. It's a real test of patience. I sometimes wonder if
00:28Jesus' followers were those kind of people. All through Luke's Gospel, Luke's telling of the story
00:33of Jesus' life, Jesus has told his disciples that he's going to have to die and then be raised up
00:38again on the third day. So perhaps it shouldn't have been such a surprise to them that a few days
00:42after Jesus' death on the cross they're told that Jesus has been seen alive again. Yet they don't
00:47believe. Later that day Jesus himself appears to them. They're shocked and confused so Jesus explains
00:53them that he's not a ghost. Their terror turns to joy but even then the Bible says they still did
00:59not believe it. They'd forgotten what Jesus had taught them. I would have run out of patience at
01:03this point. Probably shrugged my shoulders and muttered something about wasting my entire time
01:08on them. But Jesus is not like me. Instead he patiently opens up the Bible to explain to them
01:14why this happened as it did. If I'm honest with myself I'm like the disciples forgetting the good
01:20news I've been told a thousand times over and needing things patiently explained to me again
01:24and again. And as I see how patient Jesus is with me it helps me be that much more patient
01:30with others as well.