He is Easy To Miss - John21:1-6 - 3-30-08

Post Easter, the time of the year when Jeff picks on the disciples
Go easy on the disciples Jeff....how well would I do?

Jesus us easy to miss
this is a common thing......
Times when Jesus appears and others don't receive him

• Paul on the road to Damascus - who are you? Acts9
• Road to Emmaus - kept from rec him
• Mary in the garden - when he spoke their name - John20

Now today, by the seaside, They wee him - visual
He speaks to them - audio
The still don't recognize him

Why is it hard to see him?

1. Some say he had a secret disguise
   old clothes
   
2. Maybe they wee busy fishing
   easy to do
   busy is the enemy of the soul
   and we are busy
   activities - every team, every club....this must be important
   keep up with the Jones'
   seeking pleaseure

Busy
Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents. Parents have very little time for each other. And in the home, begins the disruption of peace of the world.

3. maybe their minds were on the other things
a. good things
raising kids
being in love
I doubt it

b. more likely their mind was on painful things
Something happened...I don't know how I can go on
For the disciples, this is a
Moment of truth
Life at the cross roads
Deep fears and concerns

Maybe you can think of such a time yourself.
I hope you can't
Bit I know better

Something happened....I don't know how I can go on
When I was 16, my girlfriend broke up with me
Going through a divorce
suffering the consequences of my own bad choices
Being rejected by those who love you
Hateful things that people say and do
Whatever the event, it takes you to the bottom of who you are

And it seem that when we need him most, we are too blinded by our pain to find him

4. maybe they were just too far away
If you are not as close to god as you used to be, guess who moved
Not always true...ebb and flow of life - Woodruff's

5. maybe they were just not looking for him there...did not expect to see him there

• saw Cathy at the coffee car on Thursdya...oh! its you!
• Our mind tricks us...we only see what we want to see
• Let's train ourselves to see him in every
  1. Sunrise
  2. person
  3. moment

Jesus message to those on the shore that day was simple....

Jesus message
I am still here....things are different, but things are ok

I am calling you to something bigger......
Than a busy like focused on human things

Gentlemen, wake up. Pay attention
Greatness is measured

• Not by business
• Not by balance

Get your eyes off the fishing and back on me
I am with you, I love you, all is well.
Look. See. See me.

Mother Teresa - a great woman who got it
God
I am not sure exactly what Heaven will be like. But I don't know that when we dies and it comes the time for God to judge us, He will not ask, "How many good things have you done in your life?" Rather He will ask, "How much move did you put into what you did?
Love
Love can not remain by itself....it has no meaning. Love has to be put in action, and that act is service.
Poverty
our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them
Prayers
Sweetest Lord, make me appreciative of the dignity of my high vocation, and its many responsibilities. Never permit me to disgrace it by giving to coldness, unkindness, or impatience.