The miracles of Jesus - Classical Christian Literature by Athleo.net

24 THE WATER MADE WINE
the source of all that is pure, noble, inspiring, and
great ; thoughtless and guilty love is the mother of
half the world's miseries. Humanity is shaped by
the home life. Its influences permeate all things.
He who would redeem the world must begin by
redeeming the family. No wonder, then, that He
whose thoughts were so large and far-seeing commenced
His work there, in recognising and blessing
that most divine and most momentous of all earthly
relationships. If you cannot have Christ with you
at the wedding, and in the home life after the wedding,
you had far better not undertake that business
at all.
III.
That first miracle shows us Christ as the comforter
and healer in the smaller troubles and
passing things of life.
He dealt with heartbreak enough before He had
finished His course, with diseases and griefs and
despairs which were terrible to behold. He went
down to the lowest depths of human agony to make
His saving power felt.
But here there was nothing
very terrible, nothing urgent, no awful pain or crying
want, pleading piteously for His intervention.
It was
only that something had been forgotten which the
guests might have done without by an effort. Some
one had blundered.
A tradesman had neglected to
send the wine, or the bridegroom had forgotten to
order it. No wonder ! a bridegroom may be forgiven