22 Days of Reading: Day 2
John 2 and Psalm 119:9–16
On day two, I am reading the second chapter of John and verses 9–16 of Psalm 119. You can read John 2 below:
John 2
The wedding at Cana has always fascinated me, especially growing up conservative Southern Baptist. I’ve heard this passage twisted up in various permutations to avoid admitting that wine actually means — you know — wine. Because it does. It was not Welch’s, sorry Brother Bobby. However, I’ll save the drinking debate for another article…written by someone else.
So Jesus goes to a wedding. Weddings were a really big deal in Jesus’ day. Not the 20-minute ceremony and then a cake and mint fest in the fellowship hall. When I was in college, I went to Wisconsin to sing at a friend’s wedding. She was Lutheran. Now that bash was probably closer to what the Cana wedding was like. The wedding was early afternoon, and the party lasted until at least midnight. Food, dancing, and yes — some wine. I didn’t partake of the wine, but I did learn to polka. But I digress.
