Jesus is way ahead of you

Tuesday May 16th Acts 8: 26 The Lord's angel said to Philip, "Go south along the desert road that leads from Jerusalem to Gaza." 27 So Philip left. An important Ethiopian official happened to be going along that road in his chariot. He was the chief treasurer for Candace, the Queen of Ethiopia. The official had gone to Jerusalem to worship 28 and was now on his way home. He was sitting in his chariot, reading the book of the prophet Isaiah. Jesus is way ahead of us, setting the stage and getting things ready. Here, we are talking about an Ethiopian official who worked with the Queen. As such he would have been (and in most translations is noted as such) an eunuch. Jesus moved the disciples beyond who they considered acceptable, from a sexual point of view, as a child of God. The next big step in history was to move beyond our sexists attitudes toward women. Today we are also called to set aside our sexists attitudes toward others because of their sexual orientation. Jesus continues to remain out in front of us each step along the way.