Acts 19:1-8 / John 16:29-33
It can be quite frustrating and discouraging when we think that we have finished or completed a task and can take a break and to relax, and then we are told that more is to come.
So just when we thought that we have finished, then we are told that we have only just begun.
Of course we will be frustrated and discouraged, and we don't really like this idea of unfinished business.
Similarly the disciples in the gospel passage thought that they had finally got it and their understanding of Jesus had finally consolidated.
But instead of getting an affirmation from Jesus, they got a surprising challenge.
Not only is there more to come, but it was going to get more difficult and more trying.
So just when they thought they got it and grasped it, it just flowed out of their hands like water.
So it was for the disciples, and so it is for us. Our faith is in the mystery of God that is revealed in the mystery of life.
Sometimes we get it, and often we don't. At times we understand, and many a times we don't.
Whatever it is, when we think that we have got it and understand it, then there will be more to come.
But that is what makes faith challenging and exciting.