Luke 7:18-35

 For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by all her children.”
(Luke 7:33-35 ESV)

I like that John has questions.  Things took a turn for the worse for him and he had doubts.  This makes him real.  Jesus didn't answer his questions because he knew that John knew the answer.  He just reminded John of the signs to reassure his heart.  I am like that sometimes and need reminders to remind me of what I know to be true.

I am not totally sure I get the last portion of this passage.  I tried to sit and meditate on it and to ponder deeply, but the kids were talking to me the whole time. (I am trying to apply the concept of living deeply in chaos, but this might not be the proper application)  Anyway... I think what Jesus is saying is that we try to frame God and the supernatural in our terms.  We are self worshippers who expect God to come into our existence and understanding.  This leads to misinterpretation and basically being wrong because God doesn't fit.  God is bigger than us and our world, understanding, etc.  In order to begin to understand, we need to first understand that God is bigger than our comprehension.  (This is where I am getting stuck because I know that God is logical, but we almost have to lay logic aside in order to learn about God.  Logic comes back into play, then as we see smaller examples of what we have learned around us... an imperfect reflection of perfection.)  Knox says that we get to know God by loving Him and reading and obeying his word--"His word is the Bible, Mom".  Sometimes, I trust the faith of my children more than my own understanding.