drawing a blank

There are many verses in the Bible (or even whole books of it) that mean little or nothing to me. I can't glean anything out of them no matter how long I stare at them. They're the kind of verses I need 5 different reference books for just to figure out what the context even is.

Today's verse is one of those for me. I don't know how much insight I'll be able to give on it. It's about Jesus being taken to the temple when he was 8 days old to be circumcised according to the laws of Moses.

The only thing I can think of is that this shows how Jesus was connected to God's people, tracing all the way back to Moses. What else is there to say? Jesus has a purpose and a place in the history of the Jews. Not only that, but he fulfilled all their laws, even as he submitted to them himself.

And all I can think about is how badly I want to see the sun. It's been gray and dreary for days and I'm craving blue sky like nothing else right now. Looking out into the horizon driving to and from work, it's only the occassional tree that separates the sky from the snow. Everything's a grayish shade of white. I'm ready for spring. I don't know how much more of this indecisive weather I can take.

I sometimes worry that one day God's gonna get sick of my whining. I can be so ungrateful when I know I should be bursting with praise for all the ways I've been blessed. "Yeah, thanks for all that, but you missed a few of these items on my list. Could we step it up and get on that, please?"

How do you like that? Malcontent mixed with guilt. Sounds like a recipe for lethargy.

Maybe I just need more caffine...