THE ABUNDANCE OF GOD by Nancy Holloway The Gospels, in depicting
the life and ministry of Christ, are seen by us through the lens
of faith. To the non-believer, Jesus was a good man, healing the
sick, performing what were perceived to be miracles, dying an
unnecessary and unjust death and reportedly seen after his death
by certain of his followers. However, to the believer — the
lover of Christ the Gospels shimmer as a richly-textured and
complex tapestry, reverberating with meaning upon meaning to
provide food and enlightenment for all who seek its wisdom with
humility and joy. Some of the threads which we see through the
eyes of faith depict the warm glow of Christ’s beneficence his
profound love of his disciples, his deep caring for all those he
encountered; others sparkle with his wit, his total realism of
his awareness of the agony and hope of men’s lives; others
depict the brittleness of his caustic words to the self-
righteous of his day — the Pharisees who trod over the poor to
keep the jot and tittle