JULY22025

Jesus had gone to the territory of the Gadarenes and cured two of the citizens there. You would think that the townsfolk would be pleased at that, would be grateful for the healing power. What do we find instead? The whole town came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him they begged him to leave their district. The effect of the healing was that they had lost some money, their pigs had all drown. Instead of rejoicing at the well-being of their neighbor they were distressed that they had lost a few bucks. That old, old story is today’s news as well. In politics, in business, in economics the human effect is not considered to be as important as the financial one. We make decisions without considering how this is going to impact someone else, how they are going to be effected. Jesus wants us to understand that human capital is more valuable that monetary success.