{"id":6408,"date":"2013-03-21T08:09:13","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T15:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/?p=6408"},"modified":"2013-03-21T11:12:28","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T18:12:28","slug":"aging-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/2013\/03\/21\/aging-wine\/","title":{"rendered":"Aging Wine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Water to Wine<\/em>, oil on canvas, 48×48<\/h6>\n

I find it amazing, verging on amusing, that the first miracle Jesus performed was at a wedding\u00a0banquet\u00a0experiencing a catering crisis.* With all the problems in the world . . . world hunger, world peace, world anything . . . he was\u00a0approached\u00a0by his mother who merely said, “They’re out of wine.”<\/p>\n

You know the story. He sent her away without a word, instructed the servants to fill all the huge hand-washing jugs with water and then take the emcee a sample. The emcee took one taste and exclaimed, “Wow, they’ve saved the best till last!”<\/p>\n

We might be surprised that Jesus was in the wine making business at all. But we can be confident of one thing: if he’s going to make wine, it’s going to be the best that was ever made, before or since.<\/p>\n

I’m reminded of the old fraternity joke that goes, “I don’t care what his religion, if he can turn water to wine, pledge him!”<\/p>\n

Of course, he only did it once; he really did have world peace to deal with . . . one person at a time. In another way of thinking about it, however, he’s been doing the miracle ever since.<\/p>\n

Here are some lines from my sketch book, personalizing it all.<\/p>\n

Lord, You have done your<\/strong>
\n Wine-making miracle<\/strong>
\nover and over . . .<\/strong>
\nand done it again in me.<\/strong>
\n Taking the plain water of my life<\/strong>
\nand turning it into wine.<\/strong>
\n AND<\/strong>
\nInasmuch as the wine you create is always best,<\/strong>
\nand with me now somewhat aged<\/strong>
\n (flavored with anise and plum and a balance of tannins and acids with a hint of vanilla and dark chocolate)<\/strong>
\n Wouldn’t it be best to pull out the cork,<\/strong>
\n pour it around<\/strong>
\n and let it be savored and drunk<\/strong>
\n by all who have a taste<\/strong>
\n and a thirst<\/strong>
\n for such?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I’ll drink to that. The transforming miracle has begun in each of our lives, or if it hasn’t, it can. It’s only the mix of flavors that differ. Why not share it around?<\/p>\n

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\n*John 2:1-11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The water to wine miracle was only done once. Or is it an ongoing thing for us all?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6408"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6408"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6445,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6408\/revisions\/6445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}