Luke 4:16-30

Yesterday I attended a Summit Meeting at my home church and, once again, was reminded that, for whatever reason, I am not able to fulfill my call in this place that is so much a part of who I am -- this place, these people who loved me into being. It was here that I discovered my call; here that I became the me that God has called me to be.

I yearn to do my work here, to love these kids into being as I was loved into being in this place. Yet, I must pass my way through the midst of them and be on my way. It’s not so easy for me to do.  Was it this hard for Jesus?