A beautiful mystery

John 8 ... the story of the woman caught in adultery and brought before Jesus by the Pharisees.

The story that some say is "heretical" because it wasn't found in the earliest manuscripts of scriptures.  However, I looked up some articles about it and they have a lot of evidence to suggest that it is legitimate... and also perhaps written by Luke, not John.  Gotta love it!  But most believe that this really happened because it was something Jesus would have done...

Every time I read it I am amazed by the new things I see.  Here is what I saw this time:

Pharisees are always plotting.  Plotting to get Jesus cornered and to say something heretical that will get him punished.  So I picture them pinning this woman down because of her reputation and stalking her until she was "caught in the act" so that she could be brought before Jesus.  I mean how else was she caught in the act by the right people at the right time!  I mean, it could have happened another way, but I saw it this way when I was reading it... and what I thought was:

Aren't they tired of always trying to pick a fight and be right?

Jesus never flinched.  He didn't rip them a new one for being so arrogant and selfish... He just performed a beautiful mystery for me as the reader.  All we know is that he wrote on the ground... something... and it made the Pharisees question Him more.  And eventually made them walk away from the whole accusation.  And changed that woman's life I bet.

This story is just oozing with beautiful mystery.  How can a God be so creative and act/be so good?  How can He teach us so much just by writing something on the ground and I don't even know what it is??

Because my God is bold, creative, loving, patient and gentle.  And it is the most confusing, influencing, comforting truth ever.

Pam