Yesterday, I was watching a talk from Mark Lowry, Christian singer and member of the Gaither Vocal Band, humorist, and the Dinner With.... YouTuber, and he made a point I never thought about. His talk was about interruptions.
He said that the best lesson's that Jesus taught were when he was being interrupted. For example, he talks about when Jesus was teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum. The room is so full that people outside that want to hear his preaching can not come in. A man who is paralyzed wants to be healed and so some men make a hole in the roof and lower him down to Jesus.
Jesus then talks to the man, heals him, and forgives him of his sins.
The scripture does not tell us the content of the doctrine being preached in the synagogue. What the scriptural record teaches us about the power of the interruption, how Jesus dealt with the interruption, and what lessons he taught us by his example through this interruption.
Jesus was intensely teaching. He had a large audience. Many people were waiting out the door straining to hear his message. Yet, he did not rebuke those who interrupted him by breaking in and lowering a paralyzed man down obtain healing.
In that interruption, Jesus taught that the person in front of him was the most important person. He taught us to be calm during interruptions and miracles will happen. He taught us that the man who was paralyzed was not paralyzed due to sin, although that was the belief of the day. He showed us how to treat everyone of the interruptions we get from other family members, and especially our children, as an opportunity to teach love and show them their importance to us. The greatest lessons taught that day was not in his words, but his actions.
He also taught us this lesson when the woman who had an issue for twelve years touched his garment for healing. This was another interruption, as was the interruption he received when he was requested to visit and bring Jairus' daughter back to life.
Even the very pronouncement of Jesus' conception and birth to Mary was an interruption.
Could interruptions from our children be our greatest moments in life, our greatest opportunities from showing what they mean to us, for healing, for bonding, for miracles? Perhaps, how we respond to an interruption is our greatest work in this life, an opportunity to have the greatest impact on generations to come. I believe they are.
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