Bringing out the best in each other

‘… You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.’’ (Mark 1:11)

Mark 1:7-11 (Year B: Baptism of our Lord)

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Mark’s rendition of the Baptism of Jesus is concise and to the point. There is no contestation or delay over should this be done and why is the Lord being baptised as in Matthew 3:14. Straight down, under the water and out and then into the desert to face trial and temptation! Mark is action-filled, brisk and to the point.

The pithy sentence ‘you are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased’ sums up the relationship of the Father to the Son and the love (Holy Spirit) that binds them together and flows from this relationship of persons.

There are many people in today’s world who are hunger for affirmation.  Some time – like John the Baptist – we need to minister to people around us by preparing the way for an event such as described in Mark chapter 1.

Someone needs to look straight at someone – eye to eye – and say

I believe in you,

I trust you,

l affirm you,

I rejoice in you;

I love you’.

It might save a life and restore one ….